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King's Chapel, Cambridge. Rood screen with organ.

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5x Why England Preserved Its Rood Screens – and Europe Lost Them

In England, rood screens are strikingly common in churches and cathedrals. Why did they survive there, while disappearing elsewhere?

Ely Cathedral in typical UK landscape.

Cathedral

Discovering England’s Top 5 Cathedrals: A Journey Through Gothic and Romanesque Masterpieces

Discovering England’s Top 5 Cathedrals: A Journey Through Gothic and Romanesque Masterpieces

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Amiens Cathedral: during WW1 sandbags were used to protect the cathedral

Amiens Cathedral: The Miracle of Survival

Abbaye Vauclair - arch on a blue clouded sky

Why Abbaye de Vauclair is still worth a visit

The Last Judgement at the the tympanon of the western facade, Basilique Sainte-Mary-Magdalene, Vézelay Basilica. Photo: LUX

The wrong tympanum at Vézelay Basilica

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