ROMANESQUE ART

Worcester Chronicle

A major source for the history of England from the death of Bede (734) until the reign of King Stephen

Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is a masterpiece of 11th century Romanesque art, which was probably commissioned by Bishop Odo, William the Conqueror's half-brother, to embellish his newly-built cathedral in Bayeux in 1077. The Tapestry tells the story of the events surrounding the conquest of England by the Duke of Normandy.

The story told by the Bayeux Tapestry begins in 1064, when Edward the Confessor, King of England, instructs his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson to travel to Normandy in order to offer his cousin William the succession to the English throne. Although the end of the embroidery is missing, the story ends with the Anglo-Saxons fleeing at the end of the Battle of Hastings in October 1066

Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela

Church of St Vincenc

Church of Saint Savin Sur Gartempe, Poitou, France

Speyer Cathedral

Durham Cathedral

Abbey Church of Notre Dame, Fontenay, France

Reliquary Statue of Sainte Foy (Saint Faith), gold and wood

Abbey Church of Ste. Foy, France

The Last Judgment, tympanum relief, Cathedral of St.-Lazare, France

The Gates of Hell, detail from The Last Judgment

The Mouth of Hell, Winchester Psalter

South portal, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre

Cathedral of St.-Lazare, France

Christ in Majesty, detail of apse painting, Church of San Climont

Virgin and Child

Crucifix (Majestat Batllo)

barrel vault

transverse arch

groin vault

pier

compound pier

bay

A bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. The term bay comes from Old French baie, meaning an opening or hole

arcade

rib vault

choir

In architecture, a choir is a space in a church that's designed for the clergy and choir to sit

reliquary

a container for holy relics

chapels

A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small

portal

A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure

tympanum

a vertical recessed triangular space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated

1. a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church.

historiated capital

stone sculptures that decorate the tops of columns and are decorated with figures of people, animals, or birds.

feudalism

a political, economic, and social system that was prevalent in Europe

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The Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period. to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.

pilgrimage

a journey to a holy place, often with a religious motive, that can lead to personal transformation

William the Conqueror

He settled his power and founded a powerful Anglo-Norman kingdom. The Conqueror establishes an inventory of the men and wealth of the country (The Domesday Book) and creates many buildings including the Tower of London, erected with stones of Caen

The Battle of Hastings
1066 AD

Fought against the army of Harold Godwinson, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings, was the decisive event in the conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy