Significant developments and/or cultural achievements, such as changing relations between Islam and the West (including the Crusades), architecture, medieval manuscripts and music

Students:
  • identify and describe significant developments and/or cultural achievements of Medieval Europe in at least ONE of the following areas: architecture, art, medieval manuscripts, literature and music
  • explain the changing relations between Islam and the West during the medieval era, including the Crusades
  • using a range of sources, outline what is revealed about different perspectives on the Crusades

Chapter 4b:5 Cathedral building
This is to be completed in groups of three.

1. Read Chapter 4b:5 Cathedral building
2. Make notes on the purposes of cathedrals in the Medieval period and some of the features of cathedrals.
3. Research ONE Medieval cathedral. Choose from the follow:
Canterbury, York, Lincoln, Worcester, Chichester, Durham, Salisbury, Wells, Winchester, Ely, St Albans, Milan, Florence, Notre Dame (Paris), Amiens, Rouen, Reims, Cologne, Orvieto.

  • Where is your cathedral?
  • When was it built?
  • Write notes on the architectural features and the decorative features of the cathedral you have chosen.

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Durham Cathedral