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Medieval Cathedrals where built by stonemasons. These skilled people played the roles of architect, builder, craftsmith, designer and engineer. A cathedral was a specific kind of Christian church that is served as the seat of a bishop. A bishop is in charge of making the cathedral the most important church in that area.

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To make cathedrals most people used bricks and stone with mortar, a sticky materials used to keep the bricks together. These Cathedrals where built much larger then castles.Building a cathedral took up to many centuries. These Cathedrals where made to show the wealth of the church. Building a cathedrals had a huge cost payed with many payments of the people.

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York, England

took 250 years to build

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Chartres, France
construction started in 1194

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Cologne, Germany
started in 1248

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Paris, France
started building in 1163 finishes in 1345- 200 years

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Milan, Italy
took 6 centuries to build

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in cathedral architecture, the north ans south projections or arms of the cross

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a large circular window with heavily foliated tracery branching out from a common canter

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wooden seats or benches to seat the congregation, appearing only towards the end of the medieval period

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the main body of a church or cathedral. Sometimes defined as the central aisle only

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a spout usually carved in the shape of an animal or demon, and connected to a gutter for throwing rain water from the roof of a building

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a buttress arched over at the top to engaged with a main wall. A principal feature of Gothic architecture, lending strength and solidity to the main structure.

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area below the cathedral traditionally reserved for burial chambers

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intersection of the nave, transepts and chancel

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the area of the alter where services are sung, located between the crossing and the apse

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part of the alter for the clergy or choir, bordered by railings.

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a mass of stone built up to support a wall, usually necessary to strengthen those of great height

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the pointed arch is widely regarded as the main identifiable feature of Gothic architecture. The most common Gothic arches are the Lancet, Equilateral and Ogee.

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circular aisle which wraps around the apse

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The semicircular or polygonal end to the choir area and the aisles of a church.

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The purpose of a chathedrial was to show the town all the wealth the bishope and the church had. The Cathedral was shaped as a cross to show respect to god.

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Works Cited (include a proper entry for each source)

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Works Cited (include a proper entry for each source)

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http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/cathedrals-in-the-middle-ages.html
https://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/architecture/cathedral/construction