Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . valquate in our times, have been removed, and their place taken buildingsby broad and handsome avenues. The old houses have beentorn down in order to widen and straighten the streets andpermit the construction of modern dwellings. Here and thereone can still find a walled town, but they are few in numberand are merely curiosities (see Fig. 77). Of the buildings erected in towns during the Middle Ages The churchesonly the churches remain, but these fill the
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . valquate in our times, have been removed, and their place taken buildingsby broad and handsome avenues. The old houses have beentorn down in order to widen and straighten the streets andpermit the construction of modern dwellings. Here and thereone can still find a walled town, but they are few in numberand are merely curiosities (see Fig. 77). Of the buildings erected in towns during the Middle Ages The churchesonly the churches remain, but these fill the beholder with wonder survived^and admiration. It seems impossible that the cities of thetwelfth and thirteenth centuries, which were neither very largenor very rich, could possibly find money enough to pay for 2l6 Medieval and Modem Times them. It has been estimated that the bishops church at Paris(Notre Dame) would cost at least five millions of dollars to re-produce, and there are a number of other cathedrals in France,England, Italy, Spain, and Germany which must have beenalmost as costly. No modern buildings equal them in beauty. Fig. 56. Romanesque Church of Chatel-Moxtagne in theDepartment of Allier, France This is a pure Romanesque building with no alterations in a later style,such as are common. Heavy as the walls are, they are reenforced bybuttresses along the side. All the arches are round, none of them pointed and grandeur, and they are the most striking memorial of thereligious spirit and the town pride of the Middle Ages. The construction of a cathedral sometimes extended over twoor three centuries, and much of the money for it must havebeen gathered penny by penny. It should be remembered thatevery one belonged in those days to the one great CatholicChurch, so that the building of a new church was a matter of Medieval Towns — their Business and Buildings 217 interest to the whole community — to men of every rank, fromthe bishop himself to the workman and the
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