Western Architecture in the Middle Ages

(A.D. 400-1500)

WESTERN ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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Western architecture passed through three stages of development during the middle ages. These are the Early Christian, Christian, Romanesque,, and Gothic Romanesque Gothic.. These three styles developed one out of another: The Romanesque was an outgrowth of the early Christian, and the Gothic, of the Romanesque.

Romanesque

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The Early Middle Ages

Early Christian

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The Late Middle Ages

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