Overview
The Gothic style of church architecture described in this fictitious online magazine dominated Europe from the mid-1100's to the 1600's. However, the term Gothic did not originate until the 1500's. It was a term of disapproval, used by artists and writers eager to bring back the clean lines of the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome in Europe. They scornfully compared the elaborate, complex style of the preceding centuries to the designs of the Germanic Goths, the people who had dealt the death blow to the Roman Empire in the 400's.