Spread of Gothic Architecture in Europe (c. 1301)

Name: Spread of Gothic Architecture in Europe (c. 1301)
Start: 1290
End: 1320

Type Event Region Europe Time 1290–1320

In the early 14th century, Gothic architecture continued to spread from France to England, Germany, and Iberia;…

Timeline

1290–1300Paris · FranceChurches of Île-de-France such as Notre-Dame de Paris established the High Gothic paradigm with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large stained-glass windows, becoming models imitated by craftsmen and patrons across regions.
1301–1310Canterbury · EnglandEnglish cathedrals and monasteries absorbed continental techniques in the Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic directions, while city churches in the Low Countries also developed spired facades and complex tracery, forming local variants.
1305–1320Cologne · Holy Roman EmpireLarge Gothic cathedrals were built in the Rhineland and Bohemia, and the Iberian Peninsula introduced pointed arches and rib-vault structures into the Mudéjar fusion style, further Europeanizing the Gothic language.

Gothic Architecture — Paul Frankl (2000)
The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order — Otto von Simson (1988)