William W. Clark is Professor of Art History at Queens College. He is the author of Medieval Architecture, Medieval Learning: Builders and Masters in the Age of Romanesque and Gothic, among other titles.

Conceived for high schools as a ready reference and a stimulation for critical thinking, these books all follow a similar format: an overview, a range of examples (28 photos in this case), selected contemporary documents translated into English, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography….Although not all will agree with his decision to focus, e.g., on the power struggles between bishops and secular lords rather than on cities and their inhabitants, his deft handling of problems facing patron and builder, and the development in the Gothic era of new technologies with which to solve them, will provide students with a solid foundation….General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students.

• List of IllustrationsEditor's PrefaceIntroductionOverview: The History of Cathedrals as Societal HistoryPatrons, Builders and ArtistsPlanning and Construction, Early Medieval to RomanesquePlanning and Construction in the Gothic EraNotre-Dame at Reims, the Cathedral of FranceEpilogueIllustrationsPrimary SourcesTimelineGlossarySelected Bibliography

William W. Clark is Professor of Art History at Queens College. He is the author of Medieval Architecture, Medieval Learning: Builders and Masters in the Age of Romanesque and Gothic, among other titles.

Conceived for high schools as a ready reference and a stimulation for critical thinking, these books all follow a similar format: an overview, a range of examples (28 photos in this case), selected contemporary documents translated into English, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography….Although not all will agree with his decision to focus, e.g., on the power struggles between bishops and secular lords rather than on cities and their inhabitants, his deft handling of problems facing patron and builder, and the development in the Gothic era of new technologies with which to solve them, will provide students with a solid foundation….General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students.

• List of IllustrationsEditor's PrefaceIntroductionOverview: The History of Cathedrals as Societal HistoryPatrons, Builders and ArtistsPlanning and Construction, Early Medieval to RomanesquePlanning and Construction in the Gothic EraNotre-Dame at Reims, the Cathedral of FranceEpilogueIllustrationsPrimary SourcesTimelineGlossarySelected Bibliography

William W. Clark is Professor of Art History at Queens College. He is the author of Medieval Architecture, Medieval Learning: Builders and Masters in the Age of Romanesque and Gothic, among other titles.

Conceived for high schools as a ready reference and a stimulation for critical thinking, these books all follow a similar format: an overview, a range of examples (28 photos in this case), selected contemporary documents translated into English, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography….Although not all will agree with his decision to focus, e.g., on the power struggles between bishops and secular lords rather than on cities and their inhabitants, his deft handling of problems facing patron and builder, and the development in the Gothic era of new technologies with which to solve them, will provide students with a solid foundation….General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students.

• List of IllustrationsEditor's PrefaceIntroductionOverview: The History of Cathedrals as Societal HistoryPatrons, Builders and ArtistsPlanning and Construction, Early Medieval to RomanesquePlanning and Construction in the Gothic EraNotre-Dame at Reims, the Cathedral of FranceEpilogueIllustrationsPrimary SourcesTimelineGlossarySelected Bibliography