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| c. 360 |
| | | The Christian missionary Ulfilas devises an alphabet for the language of the Goths, so that he can translate the Bible into Gothic | |
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| 1144 |
| | | The new abbey church of St Denis is consecrated near Paris, introducing the style of architecture later known as Gothic | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | | The biblical kings and queens in the west porch of Chartres cathedral are a striking early example of Gothic sculpture | |
|  | Chartres Cathedral, figures round north door
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| 1175 |
| | | The Gothic style is first seen in Britain in the new east end of Canterbury cathedral | |
|  | Canterbury Cathedral
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| 1243 |
| | | Construction begins in Paris on the Sainte Chapelle, designed to house relics acquired by Louis IX, the king of France | |
|  | Sainte Chapelle
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| c. 1300 |
| | | Flying buttresses are a striking new structural feature on the exterior of Gothic cathedrals | |
|  | Flying buttress
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| c. 1300 |
| | | The Early English phase in Gothic architecture gives way to the Decorated style | |
|  | Chapter House, Wells Cathedral
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| c. 1320 |
| | | In places such as Siena and Orvieto, Italian architects add a blaze of colour to the more restrained northern pattern of Gothic | |
|  | Orvieto, Cathedral
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| c. 1340 |
| | | The Doge's Palace, begun in its present form in this year, is only one of the spectacular beauties of Venetian Gothic | |
|  | Doge's Palace
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| c. 1350 |
| | | The Perpendicular style develops from the Decorated phase in English Gothic architecture | |
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