CONTENTS

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Introduction[1]
PART I
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
CHAP.
1.The Influence of the Cupola upon so-called Gothic Architecture[11]
2.The Origin of the Intersecting Arch[16]
3.The First Vaults on Intersecting Arches[24]
4.Buildings Vaulted on Intersecting Arches[32]
5.The Origin of the Flying Buttress[41]
6.Churches and Cathedrals of the Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries[51]
7.Cathedrals of the Thirteenth Century[67]
8.Cathedrals and Churches from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century[85]
9.Churches of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in France and in the East[105]
10.Towers and Belfries—Choirs—Chapels[128]
11.Sculpture[153]
12.Painting[179]
PART II
MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE
1.Origin[205]
2.Abbeys of Cluny, Citeaux, and Clairvaux[215]
3.Abbeys and Chartreuses or Carthusian Monasteries[227]
4.Fortified Abbeys[247]
PART III
MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
1.Ramparts of Towns[269]
2.Castles and Keeps[291]
3.Gates and Bridges[309]
PART IV
CIVIL ARCHITECTURE
1.Barns, Hospitals, Houses, and "Hôtels" or Townhouses of the Nobility[333]
2.Town-halls, Belfries, and Palaces[360]