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Title

Cathedral                                     CC
Number/Length 4/15
Subject/Grade Level History, Architecture, Sociology /5-10
Producer Unicorn Projects, Inc. and The Animation Partnership
Date Produced 1983
Support Material Teacher Guide ($5)
 
 
  • Description
    Author David Macaulay hosts this series based on his book of the same title.  Spectacular location sequences and animation take students to France’s famous cathedrals, including Notre Dame de Beaulieu.  There are stories of faith and prosperity, despair and intrigue, and cultural and religious forces that influenced Gothic architecture.
   
   
  • Episodes

    1. “Church and State, The Twin Hierarchies” takes students to Beaulieu, France where a fire in 1214 has consumed the cathedral, and it is believed that a young student and one of Christendom’s holiest relics are among the losses.  (14:28)
      
    2.  “The Development of Cathedrals” explores the church of St. Denis, burial place of French kings and birthplace of Gothic architecture.  (14:00)
      
    3. “The Birth of the Urban Class” shows how cathedral cities produced urban populations.  A tour of Amiens includes one of Catholicism’s most revered relics, the head of Saint John the Baptist. (13:24)
     
    4. “The Waning of the Middle Ages” goes to the workshop of the cathedral at Reims to examine the types of tools used in cathedral construction. (14:08)
    
 
 

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