In building a cathedral, medieval society constructed a symbolic narrative of its religious history, telling the story of Christian salvation through its walls, portals, and stained glass windows. In writing Cathedral, Macaulay constructs his own historical narrative, objectively chronicling the architectural and artistic achievement of a fictitious medieval community. Through simple prose and detailed drawings he reveals the goals and motivations of this community. He shows, for example, that those who first undertake the project of.....
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