Patrick Bade
French Gothic: The Age of Cathedrals
Summary
Patrick Bade explores the vast subject of French Gothic architecture, a long period that stretches from the 12th century to the 16th century. Specifically he looks at several French cathedrals and discusses their unique features as well as how and why they were built.
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.
Well, of course through taxes that were paid to the Catholic Church, and usually, of course, it was the poor people who paid the taxes. I mean, right up to the French Revolution. Of course, the aristocrats and the wealthy prelates themselves weren’t paying taxes. It was the poor people who were.
Well, we don’t really know, in many cases, who designed them. There are occasional records associating a particular name with the design of a particular cathedral.
Well, I bet some of them get blamed on the Jews. When in doubt, always blame the Jews. But, and well, people are always good at blaming others, aren’t they? ‘Cause in England, when anything disastrous happened, they always blamed the pope or the Catholics, like the Great Fire of London, for instance. I mean, the monument in London, of the Fire of London, had an inscription on it until, I think, the 19th century, blaming the pope for the Fire of London.