The enigma of Gothic structure -- Modeling Gothic structure -- The beginning of High Gothic : the cathedrals of Chartres and Bourges -- Quintessential High Gothic : Amiens Cathedral and medieval engineering -- The collapse of Beauvais Cathedral -- Innovation in English Gothic buttressing : the repairs to the tower of Wells Cathedral -- Experimentation in fourteenth-century Gothic : the church of St. Ouen, Rouen, and the cathedral of Palma, Majorca -- Gothic ribbed vaulting : the high vaults of the cathedrals of Cologne and Bourges -- Conclusion: the legacy of Gothic structure.
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