AEdificiUm.org is an interactive guide to the history of England
Title
Aedificium: Living History in England, 1190 A.D.
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- About the Author
- I was born and raised in the northeastern United States of America, and have spent most of my life in this area of the country. My interest in the European Middle Ages was sparked at the age of seven, when a university sabbatical took my family to Paris, France and Lausanne, Switzerland for a year. To a child accustomed to the plain churches of New England, the medieval European cathedrals with their soaring lines, massive pillars, intricate stained glass windows, and embellished facades, were awe-inspiring and endlessly fascinating. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of my family's visits to these towering ecclesiastical edifices. The year in Europe was also marked by a virtual absence of television in my life. Deprived of my usual source of entertainment, I turned to books, and by the time my family left the continent, the experience had instilled in me a love of reading. This passion ebbed in the years following but then surged again in university, and has served me well in my research.
Languages
English
