1. Gothic Cathedrals 12th Century: New style of church architecture
Invention of buttress allowed for this
Projecting support of stone or brick against a wall

2. Gothic Cathedrals Walls could be taller & thinner
Added stained glass windows for light
Intended to awe and dwarf citizens
Notre Dame, France

3. Characteristics Flying Buttresses Clustered columns
Sharply pointed spires
Pointed Arches
Ribbed vaults
Large expanses of
(stained) glass

4. Pointed Arches
Ribbed Vaults
Clustered Columns

5. Sharp Spires
Milan Cathedral, Italy

6. Stained Glass

7. Why were Cathedrals so big?
Church wealthier than most kings
From the tithes
Built large churches to show off the power of the Catholic Church
Bigger than most buildings and royal castles
Milan Cathedral
350 feet tall
110,000 square feet (1 city block)

8. What is it? Bubonic Plague
Caused by bacterial infection
Transmitted by contact with infected person or fleas
Symptoms: flu-like, swollen lymph glands (buboes)
No treatment = dead within 10 days
Now treated with antibiotics

9. The Black Death: Origins
1340s – 50s
Originated in China
Spread through trade routes/warfare
Europe: Italy through Black Sea merchant ships

10. The Black Death in Europe
Plague not understood, punishment by God?
Kill heretics & non-Christians
Treatment: bloodletting,
boil-lancing, herbal remedies
Avoid people with plague
Abandon ill family members

11. Ring Around the Rosie
Ring around a rosie  Red circle/buboes form Pocket full of posies  Use flowers to ward off Ashes, ashes  You sneeze/get sick We all fall down  You die.

12. The Black Death: Effects
>50 Million (maybe 75 million) Dead
1/3 Europe’s population gone in a matter of years
Urban population declines
Trade declines, prices increase
Serfs look for better jobs/wages, peasant revolts
Jews blamed, further persecuted
Church loses prestige
Prayers didn’t work, people lost faith