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Hello!
> Ah. That I did not know. Thank you for correcting my oversight! :)
You are welcome :-)
> I have often wondered how someone in his
> day and age could have succeeded in such a thing with some inquisition
> threatening his life.
Well, he had guardians in influential positions who supported his ideas and
protected him from the Inquisition. Luther was "kidnapped" and brought to
the Wartburg Castle (Robert Carney has built it recentley. Unfortunatelly
his web site seems to be offline once more.) to save his life. He was
officially banned and could have been killed by anyone without threat of
punishment.
> ...To bring this back to .castle
Hey! I mentioned Wartburg _CASTLE_ above! :-)
> I wonder what the Reformation did to
> church architecture.
Well... During the following centuries after the Reformation began there
were more churches burned down than built up, I guess...
The next big style epochs were the Renaissance and the Baroque. I think
these styles were used by every denomination.
> It seems that most Lego castle churches I have seen
> reflect a Gothic or Pre-Gothic style. Was this style used by all
> denominations? Or just Roman Catholic? Did some post-Reformation
> denominations use a different architecture style in their churches?
LEGO buildings might depend on the available brick molds. LEGO arches are
round, i.e. Romanesque. Gothic buildings are very very high and have pointed
arches. That's very difficult to build (and expensive. I know of what I speak).
Castle churches are mainly pre-Gothic for they were build in the early
Middle Ages when castles were built, too. Gothic churches are mainly
cathedrals in towns, built when the age of the castles was fading. ("Castle"
here means "fortress", not "chateau".)
Post-Reformation denominations often used and still use formerly catholic
churches. In the town where I live there are four medieval churches, and
three of them are protestant now with still the old catholic names.
BTW. Medieval churches often show a mix of several styles due to the long
time the edification took. Whilst they worked on the nave in Romanbesque
style the common style changed and they built the choir in Gothic style and
so on.
So just few cathedrals are strictly Gothic or Romanesque. Some churches were
never completed and some very late. The Cathedral of Collogne was finished
not before 1880(!). But they used medieval blueprint so it is relativelly
pure Gothic.
...
I'm speaking too much.
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.castle, Johannes Koehler writes:
>
> I'm speaking too much.
Not at all. This is the sort of educational discussion I love here in
.castle! There are some subjects I have studied and retained well, but your
explanation of church history and architecture covers relatively new topics
for me. Quite fascinating!
Also, I think your discussion on how churches were built over time and thus
had influence from different styles and periods is all very reflective of
how some Lego models turn out. When you build a large Lego model, you may
be influecned by different styles. And as you build you may discover your
piece supply dictates an occasional change in design. In some ways,
building a large Lego church could reflect building a real one. ...Cool!
-Hendo
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