CHAPTER VIII
CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
The Cathedrals of Rheims, Amiens, and Beauvais excited extraordinary enthusiasm in their time, not only in the provinces of France, but among neighbouring nations, notably in England, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Spain, and Italy.
This enthusiasm was less fervid in the provinces farthest from the royal domain; but even in these outlying districts several remarkable buildings rose in the first half of the thirteenth century, constructed on the new lines.
In 1233 the Cathedral of Bazas was begun, and, unlike the majority of such undertakings, was carried through and finished in a comparatively short time.
57. RODEZ CATHEDRAL. WEST FRONT
58. BORDEAUX CATHEDRAL. CHOIR AND NORTH FRONT
59. LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL. WEST FRONT