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Randall Carlson | Cataclysms, The Holy Grail, & The Holes In The Human Story
The Gothic Cathedral Building Era and Medieval Warming
Randall Carlson discusses the explosion of Gothic cathedral construction around 1200 AD, coinciding with the Medieval Warm Period. This era of agricultural abundance provided the surplus wealth necessary to fund massive engineering projects like Notre Dame. Carlson suggests the sudden appearance of sophisticated architectural knowledge may be linked to the return of the Knights Templar from the Holy Land.