Discussion Questions: "Cathedral Architecture; Art, Literature, and Plague"
Identify key functions of stained glass windows in the Gothic style. Identify two differences between the Romanesque and Gothic cathedral structures, and discuss which you prefer and why.
Quote a one or two line section that you enjoy from Petrarch, Chaucer, Boccaccio, or Christine de Pisan. Give your reasons for the choice, and describe the historical significance of that writer. Comment on how the Black Death epidemic (1347-1350 CE) impacted that writer's work, or if it did.
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Gothic style of cathedral architecture
Stained glass windows, Chapter 12 (pp. 405-9)
Stained glass windows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9727p6ozlYo
Key differences between Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20tG65TWic
Early Renaissance writers
Boccaccio, Chapter 13, (pp. 443-7, 450, 455-7), Petrarch, (pp. 447-8), Chaucer (pp. 448-450), Christine de Pisan (pp. 447-451)
The Plague, Chapter 13, (pp. 443-44).