Stone into Light — Member Dossier (E-book, PDF)

Our free article on Chartres Cathedral follows the rebuilding of a great Gothic church between 1194 and 1220, when the style was already a mature, continent-wide convention. This dossier goes back fifty years earlier, to the single building campaign where historians locate the moment the combination of features later called "Gothic" — a style that as yet had no name — was first assembled: the choir of the abbey church of Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, rebuilt under Abbot Suger between 1135 and 1144.

• 6 chapters, about 3300 words
• A chapter on what historians still argue about
• A chronology
• A reading list with the sources named
• PDF in A4 and US Letter

In the download: A4 PDF · US Letter PDF. Delivered as a secure download link after payment.