Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Birth of the Gothic: Abbot Suger and the Ambulatory at St. Denis
This video discusses the birth of Gothic with Abbot Sugar and Ambulatory, Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris, 1140-44. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. [5:18]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #11: Cathedrals and Universities
Until roughly 1100, there were relatively few places of knowledge-making in Medieval Europe. Monasteries and abbeys had special rooms called scriptoria where monks copied manuscripts by hand, but the biggest places where knowledge was...