Architects of the Divine The First Gothic Age (2014)

Medieval historian Dr Janina Ramirez looks back to a time when British craftsmen and their patrons created a new form of architecture The art and architecture of France would dominate England for much of the medieval age Yet British stonemasons and builders would make Gothic architecture their own inventing a national style for the first time Perpendicular Gothic and giving Britain a patriotic backdrop to suit its new ambitions of chivalry and power From a grand debut at Gloucester Cathedral to commemorate a murdered king to its final glorious flowering at Kings College Chapel in Cambridge the Perpendicular age was Britains finest