L'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL, D'Aléric à Léonard 400-1450. Architecture – Paysage It’s an attempt at memory

It’s an attempt at memory

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L'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL, D'Aléric à Léonard 400-1450. Architecture – Paysage It’s an attempt at memoryPraised by the Romantics, scorned by the humanists, the Middle Ages are sometimes judged as a contemptible foil, sometimes considered as an invigorating source of inspiration and escape. But which Middle Ages are we talking about? The one that arose on the ruins of the Roman world, building an original society, a synthesis of ancient, Germanic and Christian heritages? The one of knights, peasants and clerics, with their imposing cathedrals that still