"The history of the construction and builders of cathedrals is closely related to the revival of cities and businesses, with the rise of the bourgeoisie, and also the first civil liberties. As you know, the Arab invasion of the seventh century closed the Mediterranean to trade with the East and the West and as a result, the trade and industry in Western Europe, survived for some time the barbarian invasions, came to a standstill. Urban life became more off, merchants disappeared, the municipal organization ceased to exist. The technical knowledge of the workers of antiquity were lost. If someone had mysteriously kept the secrets of the trade, for example between the masons and stone cutters, would not be back that occurred centuries of trial and experience before you find a good technique. "
This sentence included in his work Gimpel manufacturers cathedrals, as well as being attractive to her, may be useful for at least two reasons:
1) The history of the stone cutters probably does not have a continuous tradition but a sum of traditions which over the centuries, millennia if we look back to ancient Egypt and beyond, they are added together and the result is not necessarily a sum, but It could give a result exponential traditions added.
2) A reflection is called for. Many have heard that the Modern Masonry is the heir of the corporations or guilds of builders of antiquity in general and of the Middle Ages in particular. Then if these same scholars advocates will ask for details, they begin to tell stories that at best satisfied students of middle schools; so it needs to be stepped studies early history of Freemasonry. Studies that are not part of, but be open to the social history of the Middle Ages, the history of science, philosophy etc etc.
This sentence included in his work Gimpel manufacturers cathedrals, as well as being attractive to her, may be useful for at least two reasons:
1) The history of the stone cutters probably does not have a continuous tradition but a sum of traditions which over the centuries, millennia if we look back to ancient Egypt and beyond, they are added together and the result is not necessarily a sum, but It could give a result exponential traditions added.
2) A reflection is called for. Many have heard that the Modern Masonry is the heir of the corporations or guilds of builders of antiquity in general and of the Middle Ages in particular. Then if these same scholars advocates will ask for details, they begin to tell stories that at best satisfied students of middle schools; so it needs to be stepped studies early history of Freemasonry. Studies that are not part of, but be open to the social history of the Middle Ages, the history of science, philosophy etc etc.
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