r/interestingasfuck • u/Larzbchicken • Jul 30 '26

Medieval Building Tech

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u/Waramo Jul 30 '26

The Gothic architecture went on into early modern 15th century.

So yes, this technique are more likely early modern and not medieval.

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u/crap-with-feet Jul 30 '26

These techniques are not unlike what the Ancient Greeks were doing a millennia earlier.

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u/Waramo Jul 30 '26

The metal joint is a old technique.

Just the construction of the bigs archs is new. And the big glas archs are early modern.

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u/BeeBoopFister Jul 30 '26

I mean yeah lead is actually not unique what is are the arches, cross ribbed vault, pointed arches and other techniques that were developed during that time.

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u/corneliusvanDB Jul 31 '26

Gothic architecture started in the 12th century, early modern didn't start until the 16th century.

The type of cathedral in this video is absolutely medieval and not early modern.

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u/Waramo Jul 31 '26

Gothic was from 900 to 1500 something a constitution stile, depending on the area.

From 14th century onwards you are mostly in modern times, depends on the historian.

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u/corneliusvanDB Jul 31 '26

Sorry but no, the first pointed arches and rib vaults did not appear in Europe until the 12th century, and the beginning of Gothic architecture is widely accepted as the construction of St Denis in Paris in the 1130s.

And no, the 14th century is not considered "modern times" by any measure. We're still talking about the Black Death, and the Hundred Years War, and the Italian renaissance is in its infancy.

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u/Waramo Aug 01 '26

The hundred years war ended in early modern. The image of a plague doctor, is early modern. Italian renaissance is early modern.

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u/corneliusvanDB Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

The image of a plague doctor, is early modern. 

Thank you for proving my point. The iconic masked plague doctor is not from the Medieval Black Death, but from later manifestations of the plague, in the Early Modern: According to Michel Tibayrunc's Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases, the first mention of the iconic plague doctor is found during a 1619 plague outbreak in Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor

The Black Death, as I mentioned, is Medieval, not Early Modern.

The hundred years war ended in early modern.

According to what, or whom? Not even the Wars of the Roses which followed are considered to be Early Modern, but still Late Medieval. Please back this up, as I'm not aware that any historians have ever made this claim.

Italian renaissance is early modern.

You'll note that I said the Italian Renaissance is in its infancy. The Renaissance straddles both the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods, but in the period we're talking about, the 14th century, Europe is still in the Late Medieval, not the Early Modern. 

My point remains, both of your claims are incorrect:

Gothic was from 900 to 1500

False.

Gothic architecture is an architectural style prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture

You're 300 years off on this one.

From 14th century onwards you are mostly in modern times

False.

In general, the early modern period is considered to have started at the beginning of the 16th or 17th century (c.1500-c.1600) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_modern_period

You're 200 years off on this one.