Monastery architecture was pretty basic in the early Middle Ages. Around the 10th century, though, French architects developed a new style that demonstrated the Church’s increasing influence and ...

The Church was central to community life throughout the Middle Ages, a situation that seems ... Some of these clues still exist in those early churches that survived the Reformation of the 16th ...

Churches featured round Roman style arches ... feudal Europe was mired in the relative darkness of the early Middle Ages, but sophisticated societies thrived to the east and south.

Churches featured round Roman-style arches ... feudal Europe was mired in the relative darkness of the early Middle Ages. But sophisticated societies thrived to the East and South.