Ontario High School History of England . destroyed by fire, the architect who rebuilt itmade great use of the pointed arch. The style was whollynew, and was called, in derision, Gothic, after the earlybarbarian conquerors of Italy. But its convenience andbeauty were quickly recognized, and, from the reign of John,the buildings in England for a hundred years are in the Early English phase of this style. New mouldings andornaments, clustered shafts, and delicately carved foliage,soon appeared. The high pointed arches and the longnarrow windows car-ried the eye upward,in contrast with thehorizont
Ontario High School History of England . destroyed by fire, the architect who rebuilt itmade great use of the pointed arch. The style was whollynew, and was called, in derision, Gothic, after the earlybarbarian conquerors of Italy. But its convenience andbeauty were quickly recognized, and, from the reign of John,the buildings in England for a hundred years are in the Early English phase of this style. New mouldings andornaments, clustered shafts, and delicately carved foliage,soon appeared. The high pointed arches and the longnarrow windows car-ried the eye upward,in contrast with thehorizontal lines of theNorman style. After acentury had passed, andabout the time whenEdward I succeededto the throne, theEarly English Gothichad developed intosomething more elabo-rate, known as theDecorated. Thewindows were adornedwith varied and grace-ful tracery in stone andwere filled with stainedglass, one of the beauti- ^^^^ English Doorway, Skelton, ful products of the time. A Decorated church gave fine effects in both lines 176 HISTORY OF ENGLAND The Perpendicular Gothic.—Fashion, however, changes inarchitecture, as in all else. By the time of Richard II, the Perpendicular stylehad supplanted theDecorated, and thisstyle lasted to the timeof Henry VII. The styleis peculiar to Englandand is in sharp contrastwith the earlier beautiful complexity oflines in the tracery ofthe window-openings isno longer sought. Inlarge windows, plannedto admit floods of light,
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