The Cathedrals of Northern France

by M. F. Mansfield

Note.—Those marked H. M. are classed as Les Monuments Historiques by La Commission de la Conservation des Monuments Historiques.

Agde	Hérault		H. M.
Alais	Garde
Alençon	Orne	Notre Dame	H. M.
Alet	Aude	Notre Dame	H. M.
Apt	Vaucluse		H. M.
Arles	Bouches-du-Rhône	St. Trophimus	H. M.
Arras		St. Vaast
Auxerre	Yonne	St. Etienne	H. M.
Auxonne	Côte-d'Or	Notre Dame
Avranches	Manche	(remains only)	H. M.
Bazas	Gironde	St. Jean	H. M.
Bethléem		(There was once a Bishop of Bethléem whose see was the village of Clamecy only, butno cathedral.)
Béziers	Hérault	St. Nazaire	H. M.
Boulogne	Pas-de-Calais	Notre Dame
Bourg	Ain	Notre Dame
Brioud	Haute-Loire		H. M.
Cambrai		Notre Dame
Carcassonne	Aude	St. Nazaire	H. M.
Carpentras	Vaucluse	St. Siffrein	H. M.
Castres	Tarn	St. Benonit
Cavaillon	Vaucluse	St. Véran	H. M.
Condom	Gers		H. M.
Conserons	Ariège	(See St. Lizier)
Die	Drôme		H. M.
Dinan	Côtes-du-Nord	St. Saveur	H. M.
Dol	Ille-et-Vilaine	St. Samson	H. M.
Elne	Pyrénées-Orientales		H. M.
Embrun	Hautes-Alpes		H. M.
Glandèves	Basses-Alpes	(Bishopric transferred to Entrevaux)
Grasse	Alpes-Maritimes	(Bishopric in XIVth century)
Laon	Aisne	Notre Dame	H. M.
Lavaur	Tarn	(Bishopric in XIVth century)
Lectours	Gers	(Bishopric in Xth century)
Lescar	Basses-Pyrénées		H. M.
Lisieux	Calvados	St. Pierre
Lodeve	Hérault	St. Fulcran	H. M.
Lombez	Gers		H. M.
Mâcon	Saône-et-Loire	St. Vincent	H. M.
Mallezais	Vendée
Mirepoix	Ariège	(Bishopric in XIVth century)
Noyon	Oise	Notre Dame	H. M.
Oloron	Basses-Pyrénées		H. M.
Orange	Vaucluse	Notre Dame
Périgueux	Dordogne	St. Etienne
St. Bertrandde Comminges	Haute-Garonne		H. M.
St. Dié	Vosges
St. Lizier	Ariège		H. M.
St. Lo	Manche	Notre Dame	H. M.
St. Malo	Ille-et-Vilaine
Ste. Marie	Basses-Pyrénées
St. Omer	Pas-de-Calais	Notre Dame	H. M.
St. Papoul	Aude		H. M.
St. Paul Trois Chateaux	Drôme		H. M.
St. Pol de Leon	Finisterre		H. M.
St. Servan	Ille-et-Vilaine	St. Pierre d'Aleth
Sarlat	Dordogne		H. M.
Séez	Orne	Notre Dame	H. M.
Senez	Basses-Alpes		H. M.
Senlis	Oise	Notre Dame	H. M.
Sisteron	Basses-Alpes
Soissons	Aisne	Notre Dame	H. M.
		St. Gervais
		St. Protais
Tarbes	Hautes-Pyrénées	Eglise de la Séde	H. M.
Toul	Meurthe	St. Etienne	H. M.
Toulon	Var	Ste. Marie-Majeur
Tréguier	Côtes-du-Nord		H. M.
Uzès	Gard	St. Thierry
Vabres	Aveyron
Vaiso	Vaucluse		H. M.
Versailles	Seine-et-Oise	St. Louis
Vence	Alpes-Maritimes		H. M.
Vienne	Isère	St. Maurice	H. M.

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Chronology of the chief styles and examples of church building in the north of France from the Romano-Byzantine period to that of the Renaissance

1050-1075	Nevers	St. Etienne	Distinct round-arch style
1075-1100	Bayeux	Notre Dame
	Caen	St. Etienne
1125-1150	Autun	St. Lazare	Pointed arch invaulting and larger works, with the retaining of the round in the smaller
	St. Denis	(choir)
1150-1175	Angers	St. Maurice
	Paris	Notre Dame
	Sens	St. Etienne
1200-1225	Reims	Notre Dame	General adoption of the ogival style
	Auxerre	St. Etienne
	Troyes	Sts. Peter and Paul
1225-1250	Amiens	Notre Dame	The completed ogival style
	Dijon	St. Bénigne
	Bourges	St. Etienne
1250-1275	Noyon	Notre Dame (cloisters)
1300-1325	Rouen	Notre Dame (lady-chapel)
1350-1375	Chartres	Notre Dame
1425-1450	Auxerre	St. Etienne (N. transept)	Introduction of Renaissance detail in Italy elaboration of Gothic in France
1450-1475	Evreux	Notre Dame (transepts and tower)
1475-1500	Rouen	Notre Dame (S. W. tower)	Renaissance firmly grafted in Italy and gradually appearing in the Gothic of France
	Nevers	St. Etienne (S. porch)
1500-1525	Beauvais	St. Pierre (S. transept)
	Chartres	Notre Dame (N. W. spire)
1525-1550	Beauvais	St. Pierre (N. transept)
	Amiens	Notre Dame (flêche)
1550-1575	Beauvais	St. Pierre(central tower since destroyed)	Renaissance firmly established
1600-1625	Orleans	Ste. Croix

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Dimensions and Chronology

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