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	Chartres
		In the Middle Ages, as the population of Chartres increased, the town walls were extended towards the valley.
		In 1793, destructive assaults due to the French Revolution, led to the desecration of the Virgin's Tunic, and the burning of the 16th century statue of the Virgin Mary in front of the Church.
		At Chartres, such grisaille windows were often combined with colored glass as in the story of St. Apollinaris, where the grisaille at the bottom of the window was inserted in 1328, replacing older panels.
	www.athenapub.com /14chartres.htm (2301 words)

	Cathédrale Notre Dame at Chartres
		Chartres’ history as a holy place has legendary roots in the pre-Christian era, when Druids, the Celtic priests of Britain and Gaul, held sacred rites in natural settings like the forest groves and underground grottoes that once lay at Chartres.
		Chartres’ medieval architects, masons, glaziers and sculptors created a sacred shrine that continues to move pilgrims today, whether they are traditional Christians, spiritual seekers who connect with the site’s Druidic roots, or those devoted to great art and architecture.
		Chartres Cathedral, however, is suffering the effects of old age: Eight hundred years of exposure to weather, pollution and human use have caused tremendous damage.
	www.sacredland.org /world_sites_pages/Chartres.html (1525 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chartres
		The pious enthusiasm of which Notre-Dame of Chartres was then the object is attested by the "Poème des Miracles" (1210), recently published by Antoine Thomas, and by Jean le Marchand's poem of 1262.
		In 1360 Edward III of England, and in 1591 Henry Henry IV of France, passed reverently beneath the reliquary containing this veil, which, until the end of the eithteenth century, was considered a chemise, and "chemisettes", emblematic of this veil, were worn on the breast.
		The church of Saint-Pierre of Chartres of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries has some very beautiful fourteenth-century windows; it was dependent upon a Benedictine abbey founded in the sixth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03635a.htm (879 words)

	The History of Chartres Cathedral France
		Chartres is a cathedral that inspires superlatives, and there are few architectural historians who have not waxed lyrical about its soaring aisles and delicate carving.
		The fairs at Chartres were held just outside the cathedral, the property made up of streets and squares which belonged to the church that was immediately adjacent to the cathedral.
		The Cathedral of Chartres was not destroyed nor looted during the French Revolution and the numerous restorations have not altered its glorious beauty.
	www.chartres-online.com /history_chartres.htm (1807 words)

	Guide and Travel Facts: Chartres Excursion, France
		Chartres' early Christian history is unclear but it is more than likely that this pagan mother-goddess made an easy metamorphosis into the figure of the Virgin Mary during the Christan era.
		Chartres, uniquely, has windows dating from the early C13 (with the exception of a couple that survived the fire of 1194 and two or three from the C15) that are homogenous in date, provenance and theme.
		This is supposedly a fragment of the veil, or possibly the shirt, worn by the Virgin mary at the birth of Christ.
	www.passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Chartres+Excursion (2456 words)

	Chartres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chartres is a town and commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir département.
		Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country.
		Chartres was one of the principal towns of the Carnutes, and by the Romans was called Autricum, from the river Autura (Eure), and afterwards civitas Carnutum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chartres (977 words)

	Chartres Cathedral: When East had already met West
		Chartres Cathedral, with her towering spires, has always been a "must study" topic for students of history, archaeology and architecture.
		As a matter of fact, Chartres is the only place in the world that celebrates a feast in honour of the Mother of Christ our God that actually predates her.
		Relics of one of the sainted Bishops of Chartres, St Lubin, are in the Undercroft.
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/articles/articles_b/chartres.htm (1081 words)

	Chartres Tours
		Arch- itecturally and sculpturally, Chartres was not only a culmination of the early Gothic experiments of the twelfth-century, but was also the pace-setter for the century that was to follow.
		Chartres meant, of course, a number of different things: it meant a vast programme for a great pilgrimage church taking form in a highly articulated plain; it meant a new degree of technical achievement in width and height.
		Chartres Cathedral became the model for all subsequent Gothic cathedrals.
	www.labyrinth-enterprises.com /tours.html (1757 words)

	The Wondrous Background and History of Chartres Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The location of Chartres is so deeply honored and respected that it is the only cathedral not to have a single king, bishop, cardinal, canon, or anyone interred in the soil of its mound.
		The bishop of Chartres, Fulbert, immediately undertook the task of its rebuilding, in the Romanesque architecture style of a white church.
		Chartres is said to contain the tunic worn by Mary Tamar at the birth of Jesus the Christ!
	www.chartressecrets.org /cathedral/background_history.htm (1071 words)

	Preservation Arts High School Curriculum
		Chartres Cathedral is built on a cruciform plan (a design which was just taking hold during the period the church was constructed).
		The iconography of Chartres cathedral includes a myriad of plant and animal forms as a part of the representational vocabulary of symbols used to teach illiterate peasants the stories of the Bible and Christian doctrine.
		A school existed at Chartres Cathedral, called the Chartres Academy, which was one of the finest schools of its time and was specifically noted for its humanist scholarship.
	web.njit.edu /~delano/chartres.htm (3036 words)

	One Heart Spiritual Resource Center
		She shared with us some comments, including the seemingly puzzling statement that Chartres hadn't been "built." I think I know what she meant; she was distinguishing between doing and being.
		While the stained glass glows in its incomparable luminosity, the interior of Chartres cathedral is so dark that the lights are kept on in the daytime.
		I am always surprised when I hear the statistics of Chartres, that of all the cathedrals, it has the widest nave, the longest transepts, the biggest choir, etc. To me, it is an intimate place.
	www.1heart.com /chartres.html (960 words)

	Jo Edkins's Maze Page - Chartres Maze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Chartres maze is an improvement on the Cretan and Roman mazes.
		The Chartres maze is more fun to walk, since you move from one quarter to the next, and then back to a previous quartrer, while also getting closer and further from the centre.
		Her beads for the Chartres maze are given on her her labyrinth webpage.
	www.gwydir.demon.co.uk /jo/maze/chartres.htm (2032 words)

	Chartres — Infoplease.com
		Chartres is of great historic and artistic interest; it is also a regional market with many industries, including metallurgy, and the production of perfumes and electronic equipment.
		During the Middle Ages Chartres was the seat of a countship; it became a possession of the French crown in 1286.
		Chartres' fame today stems largely from its magnificent Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame (12th to 13th cent.), remarkable for its two spires (375 ft/114 m and 350 ft/107 m), its stained glass windows, and its superb sculpture.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0811530.html (355 words)

	Chartres Cathedral and Esoteric Symbolism
		The magnificent Cathedral at Chartres, France is a Gothic masterpiece adorned with a host of unusual symbolism.
		Chartres Cathedral is the centre of a pilgrimage tradition with its focus-point the Black Madonna, also known as the Virgin of the Crypt.
		The church was known to be dedicated to the Virgin as early as the 8th Century and received a relic called the 'Veil of the Virgin'.
	www.darkstar1.co.uk /chartres.htm (2646 words)

	St. Ivo of Chartres
		He was then one of the best teachers in France, and so prepared himself to infuse a new life into the celebrated schools of Chartres, of which city he was appointed bishop in 1090, his predecessor, Geoffroy, having been deposed for simony.
		Though he died too early to witness the final triumph of his ideas with the Concordat of Worms (1122), his endeavours and his doctrines may be said to have paved the way for an agreement satisfactory to both sides.
		The printed works of Ivo of Chartres may be arranged into three categories; canonical writings, letters, and sermons.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/y/yves_of_chartres,saint.html (753 words)

	Site Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Romans made Chartres the chief town of the territory of the Carnutes, a tribe mentioned by Caesar in The Gallic Wars.
		It was said that it belonged to the holy virgin and son it became a relic.
		Chartres Cathedral, begun in 1194, is the epitome of Gothic architecture
	www.jack-travel.com /IledeFrance/html/Paris_Daytrips_Chartres_intro.htm (454 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Cathedral of Chartres
		In a unique way, it was the expression of the age that gave it birth, the daughter of the spiritual climate and the collective conscience of the theocentric Middle Ages.
		It is said that the early Christians of the place found there a grotto enclosing the statue of a seated woman with her child upon her knees; there the Druids paid honor to the Virgini Pariturae, the Virgin who would give birth to a Divine Child.
		After the completion of Chartres, the Virgin as Queen and Mother was gracious with those who built her home.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=2985 (821 words)

	Unit Four: The Miracles of the Virgin and the Cathedral of Chartres
		The crypt of the present cathedral at Chartres goes back to AD 1024, to the time of the famous Bishop Fulbert, who was one of the greatest scholars of his age (in Europe, anyway), and a pivotal figure in the revival of learning that began around the turn of the millennium.
		As it happens, Chartres was home to one of the greatest of the cathedral schools in Europe, outshining even Paris in the 11th and 12th centuries.
		The reading assignment today is a collection of miracle stories, most of them directly associated with the Cathedral of Chartres and some of them apparently intended to show the Virgin’s concern for that place as her special home on earth.
	artemis.austincollege.edu /acad/history/mgrober/chartres/unit4.htm (4646 words)

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		Chartres boasts the most beautiful and the largest cathedral in Europe, but its churches should not be forgotten.
		Saint Aignan leant against the ramparts of the upper town and the Saint Pierre abbey church, in the lower town, have wonderful stained glass windows.
		Discover the history of Chartres, its monuments, and its inhabitants through the centuries, by wandering through its picturesque streets, over its old bridges and its hillocks, following the itinerary as indicated.
	www.chartres.com /va/tourisme/the_city.htm (233 words)

	The Chartres Labyrinth
		The labyrinth at Chartres was built around 1200 and is laid into the floor in a style sometimes referred to as a pavement maze.
		Sometimes this eleven-circuit labyrinth would serve as a substitute for an actual pilgrimage to Jerusalem and as a result came to be called the "Chemin de Jerusalem" or Road of Jerusalem.
		In walking the Chartres style labyrinth the walker meanders through each of the four quadrants several times before reaching the goal.
	www.lessons4living.com /chartres_labyrinth.htm (263 words)

	Cathedral of Chartres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cathedral of Chartres ("Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres," French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), located in Chartres, about 50 miles (80 km) from Paris, is considered one of the finest examples in all France of the "Gothic" style of architecture.
		The cathedral is still the seat of the Diocese of Chartres, in the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Tours.
		The cathedral extensively used flying buttresses in its original plan, and these supported the weight of the extremely high Vault (architecture)vaults, at the time of being built, the highest in France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chartres_Cathedral (2212 words)

	Chartres Cathedral
		The town of Chartres had been a center for the cult of the Virgin throughout the Middle Ages.
		Because Chartres cathedral, except for the west front, had burned in 1194, the architect was able to rebuild the nave using the new idea of external buttressing.
		At Chartres the second floor gallery is eliminated since it is no longer needed to bear the thrust of the vaults; thus the roofs of the aisles could be placed immediately over the aisles instead of one story higher.
	www.bluffton.edu /~humanities/art/gth/chartres (763 words)

	Chartres Cathedral - Chartres, France
		Chartres Cathedral (full name Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, "Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres") is located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris.
		Chartres Cathedral was never destroyed nor looted during the French Revolution and the numerous restorations never have altered its glorious beauty.
		From a distance Chartres Cathedral seems to hover in mid-air above waving fields of corn, and it is only when the visitor draws closer that the city comes into view, clustering around the hill on which the cathedral stands.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /france/chartres-cathedral.htm (1048 words)

	Notre-Dame Cathedral, Chartres, France
		Chartres (1990 pop., 39,595) is the capital of Eure-et-Loir department in north central France, situated on the Eure River about 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Paris.
		In no other Gothic church of comparable size is the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass so harmonious and of such quality, owing to the comparatively short (1194-1220) period of construction for the major parts of the edifice.
		The rest of the cathedral was directly inspired by Abbé Suger's Abbey of Saint-Denis in Paris; the walls, piers, and flying buttresses became a skeletal framework supporting the soaring vaults and enormous windows.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Cathedrals/Chartres/Notre-Dame_Chartres.shtml (443 words)

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