. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. hops, beaten in their fight against thecommunes, became too weak and too poor to undertake greatbuilding schemes, there was no one left to erect large enthusiasm for architecture was frosted in Lombardy, andnever — except in the Gothic period, and then in direct imita-tion of northern countries—did the Lombards construct churchesof more than very moderate costliness. The peculiar situation of the Milanese Church tended toincrease this lack of enthusiasm for religion among the Lom-bar
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. hops, beaten in their fight against thecommunes, became too weak and too poor to undertake greatbuilding schemes, there was no one left to erect large enthusiasm for architecture was frosted in Lombardy, andnever — except in the Gothic period, and then in direct imita-tion of northern countries—did the Lombards construct churchesof more than very moderate costliness. The peculiar situation of the Milanese Church tended toincrease this lack of enthusiasm for religion among the Lom-bards, and to throw them out of sympathy with the ideas currentat this time in the rest of Europe. The bishop of jVIilan hadfrom the earliest times been jealous of the authority of Rome,even on more than one occasion presuming to set up his powerin rivalry with the see of St. Peter. The ritual of the Churchof Milan differed from that of Rome in points trivial, it is true,but for that reason considered none the less important by themedieval mind. This divergence tended to throw Milan, and 206. THE LOMBARD COMMUNES consequently all Lom])ar(ly, out of touch with the reformingtenilencies so much in vogue at Rome. Nevertheless, however hostile to Rome, the Lombard peoplecould not but view with disgust the degradation of the localclergy, who had fallen to a depth of corruption almost un-paralleled even in X century Europe. The three opposingforces — pope, bishop, and bourgeoisie — were all brought intocollision in lO^o. A part of the people called the Patariaor ragamuffins advanced certain new ideas. These ideas,many of which were certainly heretical, included a program forthe thorough reform of the clergy. The bishop Aribo, hostilequite as much to reform as to heresy, held a strict inquisition, andproceeded to burn many members of the Pataria as here-tics. But at this moment, the pope was shrewd enough to seehis advantage in intervening and supporting the heretics againstthe bi
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