. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . early as the year 1003 thenumber of churches and monasteries which were buildingin almost all countries, more especially in Italy and inFrance, was so great, that the world appeared to be put-ting off its old dingy attire and putting on a new whiterobe. Then nearly all the bishops seats, the churches,the monasteries of saints, and even the oratories in thevillages, were changed by the faithful for better ones^. ^ Igitur infra supra dictum millesimum, tertio jam fere imminenteanno, contigit in universo pene terrarum orbe prtecipue tamen in
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . early as the year 1003 thenumber of churches and monasteries which were buildingin almost all countries, more especially in Italy and inFrance, was so great, that the world appeared to be put-ting off its old dingy attire and putting on a new whiterobe. Then nearly all the bishops seats, the churches,the monasteries of saints, and even the oratories in thevillages, were changed by the faithful for better ones^. ^ Igitur infra supra dictum millesimum, tertio jam fere imminenteanno, contigit in universo pene terrarum orbe prtecipue tamen in Italiaet in Galliis innovari ccclesiarum basilicas, licet pler£eque decenter locataeminimi indiquissent: semulabatur tamen quaeque gens Cbristi-colarumadversus alteram decentiore frui. Erat enim instar ac si mundus ipse THE ANGLO-SAXON STYLE. 23 In the year 1017 Canute succeeded to the throne,and soon began to restore the monasteries which hadbeen injured or destroyed by the military incursions ofhimself and of his father: *He built churches in all. 8. Barnack, Kortliamptx) of Anglo-Saxon character. the places where he had fought, and more particularlyat Aschendune [Ashdon, Essex]. This edifice is excutiendo semet rejecta vetustate, passim candidam ecclesiarum vestemindueret. Tunc denique episcopalium sedium ecclesias pene universas,ac caetera quseque diversorum sanctorum monasteria, seu minora villarumoratoria in meliora quique permutavere fideles.—6?/a&ri Radulphi SiStorice, lib. iii. cap. 4, ex bibl. Pitha3i, fol. Francof., 1506, p. 27. ^ Barnack was one of the places where the old church was burnt by theDanes in their raid through that part of the country, and rebuilt by order Canute, after the settlement of the Danes. 24 THE ELEVENTH CENTURY, called a Easilica, and is expressly mentioned as beingof stone mid lime ; at the consecration of it, Canute waspresent himself, and the English and Danish nobilitymade their offerings. All these circumstances she
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