Medieval architecture; its origins and development : with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York : Baker and Taylor Co. · leaf 365
he midst of the dis-asters of the Hundred Years War, Nicolas de Clamanges, ahumanist of much zeal, tried to bring about a reform, but hebelonged to a small group of purists, whose efforts were of noavail. It is above all to the decline of the Church that must beattributed the peculiar qualities of… … III. 223. — Facade of Paris THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR tury. To the lack of enthusiasm of the age, and to the over-burdening of the clerical resources by taxes, was due that almosttotal cessation of building activity that followed the tremendousenergy of the last half of the XII, and the first half of…
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