The Architect Who Watched His Cathedral Become Someone Else's
Medieval Europe

The Architect Who Watched His Cathedral Become Someone Else's

The most celebrated architect in Europe fell fifty feet from his own scaffolding in 1174, and survived to watch his masterpiece slip out of his hands.

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