In 1000 A.D., European churches were small, thick-walled, dark and dreary. Less than 200 years later, they were breathtaking architectural wonders, rising more than 200 feet and lit by stained glass windows the size of tennis courts. In an illustrated tour from the first Gothic Cathedral in St Denis Paris to the glorious cathedrals of Durham, Chartres and Rouen, Dr. Benfield will explain what happened to make this frenzy of church building possible and so spectacular.

Dr. Richard Benfield has traveled the world for over 50 years and has visited over 125 countries (including North Korea!). For many of those years, he was Professor of Geography at CCSU and it is his research and personal travels (to Gardens, churches and searching for Snow Leopards) that he showcases here.

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