Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 186
anypoints of view theMiddle Ages seemto typify the glor-ification of thehaughty, and theoppression of thosewho usually de-rived little benefitfrom their laboursand their submis-sion,—the humble.The good olddays, which acertain few inFrance still regret,were days when the low-born saw his small… … LONG-ARCHED AISLE OF THE CATHEDRAL.—AUXERRE. 164 The Mature Gothic own safety, and when he fought and died in othersquarrels. In building a Cathedral, the labourer toiled not onlyto the glory of God, the creation of a work of art, and,it may be, to the worldly aggrandisement and greatermagnificence…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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