Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . n England a newvariety of Gothic art distinctly different from thedevelopment of the art on the Continent of Europe ;a reaction against the luxuriant beauty of theDecorated ; with a masculine strength in its lines, anda practical modification of plan and elevation so asto obtain spacious, lofty interiors. Take its grandtowers as a measure of its artistic power; call tomind the use of painted windows as the great meansof coloured decoration ; study the elaboration andrichness of the roofs and chancel screens of Norfolkand Devon. Ca
Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . n England a newvariety of Gothic art distinctly different from thedevelopment of the art on the Continent of Europe ;a reaction against the luxuriant beauty of theDecorated ; with a masculine strength in its lines, anda practical modification of plan and elevation so asto obtain spacious, lofty interiors. Take its grandtowers as a measure of its artistic power; call tomind the use of painted windows as the great meansof coloured decoration ; study the elaboration andrichness of the roofs and chancel screens of Norfolkand Devon. Calculate the immense quantity ofchurch architecture and art executed in the fifteenthcentury, not only in monasteries and cathedrals, butin parish churches ; think of the magnificent parishchurches of Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, andSomerset, and of the rising towns in Yorkshire andLancashire. Remember that they were not com-missioned and paid for by the parochial clergy,for we have shown that they had nothing to spare ; 554 PARISH PRIESTS AXD THEIR PEOPLE,. Magdalen College, Oxford, 15th century. RELIGIOUS OPINIONS. 555 not by the nobility, for they were half ruined by theWars of the Roses ; but by the large minds of therising middle class, and out of the wealth which tradeand commerce brought them. This one piece of evidence is enough to prove theexistence of vigorous religious faith among the the same time, kings and prelates were foundingcolleges and schools, Winchester and Eton, Newand Kings. Country gentlemen were founding chan-tries and supplying themselves with domestic chaplains,
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