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The great cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world. Many were
the tallest structures on earth, the highest buildings created since the
pyramids and until the Eiffel Tower; yet they were built without any of
the technological aids of the modern world and with little more than
set-squares and dividers, ropes and pulleys, hammers and chisels.

The vision was to create a sense of heaven on earth and the medieval
cathedral aspired to be nothing less than 'the new Jerusalem'.
Spectacular effects were achieved as this ambition was realised, leading
to a revolution in design and a golden age for cathedral architecture in
England.

Who were the people who built them? What drove them? And just how were
they able to build with such stupendous skill, vision and ambition?

Architectural historian Jon Cannon, author of the recent, acclaimed
Cathedral, goes in search of the clues that shed light on how our
medieval forebears were able to realise such bold ambition. From the fan
vaulting at Gloucester to the stained glass at York, from the solid mass
of Norwich to the soaring elegance of the Octagon at Ely, Jon climbs up
above the stone vaulted ceilings, along the pa****ts, through the roof
voids and down into the crypts of the greatest cathedrals to find out
how - and why - it was done.

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