reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

Burgos Cathedral

The 16th century choir stalls:

Burgos Cathedral

The south transept

@gunter wrote:

Burgos is a very interesting structure for several reasons.

The cathedral is predominantly mainstream French gothic, with Spanish flourishes, but the openwork spires are German.

According to Wiki, the Bishop of Burgos travelled north to attend the four-year-long Council of Constance in 1417. Part circus, part trade fair, this was the council that dealt finally with the Avignon schism which had resulted in there being no less than three sitting popes at this time, presumably slugging it out like a Dave Allen sketch while dispatching liberal quantities of papal bull.

Job done, the Bishop of Burgos apparently returned to Spain with some teutonic master-masons including one Juan de Colonia . . . [John of Cologne] . . . and that’s how Burgos ended up with German openwork spires 🙂

Juan may have embellished his cv somewhat, since we know that the towers of Cologne Cathedral were just half-built stumps at this time [posted a few pages back] and just about the only actual built example of the fabled ‘German openwork spire’ at this time was the 14th century masterpiece at Freiburg Minster

Freiburg is one of the true high points of gothic, there is subtlety in every detail and unlike the cluttered spires subsequently built [to the medieval plans] at Ulm and Cologne in the 19th century, the space under Freiburg spire is totally open and has to be one of the most extraordinary spaces ever constructed.

Here is the link to the Council of Konstanz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Constance

And the seat of the Council still survives in Konstanz:

You’ll need even more time for this one…

How To Build A Cathedral.

The great cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world. Many were the tallest structures on earth, the highest buildings created since the pyramids and until the Eiffel Tower; yet they were built without any of the technological aids of the modern world and with little more than set-squares and dividers, ropes and pulleys, hammers and chisels. The vision was to create a sense of heaven on earth and the medieval cathedral aspired to be nothing less than ‘the new Jerusalem’. Spectacular effects were achieved as this ambition was realised, leading to a revolution in design and a golden age for cathedral architecture in England. Who were the people who built them? What drove them? And just how were they able to build with such stupendous skill, vision and ambition? Architectural historian Jon Cannon, author of the recent, acclaimed Cathedral, goes in search of the clues that shed light on how our medieval forebears were able to realize such bold ambition. From the fan vaulting at Gloucester to the stained glass at York, from the solid mass of Norwich to the soaring elegance of the Octagon at Ely, Jon climbs up above the stone vaulted ceilings, along the parapets, through the roof voids and down into the crypts of the greatest cathedrals to find out how – and why – it was done.

Watch How To Build A Cathedral in Educational & How-To

On a more general note, this short video presents an interesting take on contemporary European cathedrals and churches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceb5nS_f8Jw

Some views of the interior of Burgos Cathedral:

@Quillber wrote:

Am i the only one who would rather not look at the term ‘Irish Catholic Church’ at the moment? In a forum dedicated to global regeneration projects and architectural development, isn’t there a church related forum you can find? You aren’t discussing Irish churches anyway..

An multifaceted insularist?

@Quillber wrote:

Am i the only one who would rather not look at the term ‘Irish Catholic Church’ at the moment?

Well Quibber no one is forcing you to look at this thread…it must of nearly killed you to type ‘Irish Catholic Church’..or did you get someone else to type that bit for you?

@Quillber wrote:

In a forum dedicated to global regeneration projects and architectural development, isn’t there a church related forum you can find?

Yes there is & this is it & were here to stay BTW…Isn’t there a “I’m an ignorant rude twat” forum you can find?

@Quillber wrote:

You aren’t discussing Irish churches anyway.

Yes we are discussing Irish Church Buildings & Church architecture in generel including many other related topics…try reading it sometime…or if you can’t be arsed try getting someone else to read it to you at your bedtime.

@Quillber wrote:

*quotes last 257 pages*

holy fetishist?

Do you realize just how insulting that is to all the more learned contributors to this thread down through the years? …You should apologize for that:mad:

Finally I’m just gonna quote rumpelstiltskin’s subtle use of wording directed at you here from the thread Interconnector aka DART underground..where you also made a complete tit of youself.

@rumpelstiltskin wrote:

Well I can see why you’re lost because the idiocy of the whole post hints are your egregiously limited intellectual capacity.

ditto

Some interesting clips on the Gothic: