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Gothic architecture was originally the design style of the [[Goths]], which spread through Western Europe from A.D. 1200 to 1500. Its characteristics include:

*pointed arches
*flying buttresses
*ribbed vaulting

Initially Italians of [[the Renaissance]] used the term “Gothic architecture” in a pejorative sense, expressing contempt for such barbarism. But as the Franks, Anglo-Saxons, Normans and Teutonic peoples converted from paganism to Christianity, they adopted this style of architecture with great success.

Gothic architecture is often called the “Catholic style.”
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