Cathedrals of Europe

Write down your favorite.

Bristol Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

Sagrada Familia

Cologne Cathedral

Stained Glass

Stained Glass: Saint Chapelle

And one Eastern Orthodox Cathedral

Remember: Eastern Orthodox Religion and ideas about

architecture and art went from Byzantine to Russia. St. Cyril

spread the religion and made the alphabet.

St. Basil’s

National Cathedral

Questions:

• What resources were needed to build these cathedrals?

• Who paid for the resources?• How long do you think it took to build

these cathedrals?• Do they still exist today?• What does this tell us about power

during the Middle Ages?

Monastery

Monks Working

Questions:

• What was the purpose of a monastery?

• What work did monks do?• Why was this important?• What languages did they use?

Parish Priest

Questions:

• Who was a parish priest? • Parish priests helped people during

the Middle Ages. What kind of help did people need?

Illuminated Manuscript

Illuminated Manuscript Assignments

• Read your part.• Copy your part onto the paper as a monk

would do.• Decorate and illustrate your part so that

someone who could not read would be able to understand the meaning.

• Score—copying neatly 5 points• Illustrations that convey meaning—10

points