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you're watching dude on the news live from berlin the global toll of the growing of virus pandemic continues to mount the number of people who have succumbed to the virus reaches 3000000 behind us that's a stake in many families around the world mourning not the ones also coming out. india's capital delhi goes into lockdown as a struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide more than 230000 new infections are reported in the single day i'm not new record. written for
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paris for the funeral of prince philip and husband of queen elizabeth who believed to rest of the small private ceremony that's set to begin in an hour's time when. i am eddie my judea and you are welcome the world has reached another grim milestone in the history of the current virus pandemic according to figures from johns hopkins university over 19 that pasta 3000000 mark the west it's country is the united states with more than 566000 that's in brazil more than 368000 people have lost their lives to the pandemic and in mexico at least 211000 they are followed by india on the united kingdom and if you look at
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the repeated region as a whole it accounts for the highest total number of that's just 1000000 123000. it's one of the hottest countries and it's facing on our infections day after day for more than a week as reported. cases the situation is particularly. which has been placed on the weekend lockdown to contain the spread. exploding. like mumbai. once again he and his family are packing their belongings during the lockdown last year the couple and their 2 children had to leave mumbai now a year later they again say they have no choice. there are so many problems i cannot work so we cannot afford food we live on just one or 2 euros a day there is no other way we have to go back to our home village. the
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taxi driver hardly has any customers. that's because mumbai went into a 15 day lockdown on wouldn't stay after coronavirus numbers exploded. india has recorded more than 2000 infections per day and that has serious consequences for its hospitals. there has been nationwide criticism that the week's long religious festival has not been cancelled millions of hindu pilgrims have been taking part many disregarding coronavirus restrictions. of course were afraid of the virus but happens only once every 12 years and we've taken time off for it. less than 10 percent of india's
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1400000000 people have been vaccinated to date 2 vaccines are being produced in india and facilities exist. to produce even more but the pharma companies have so far refused to sign patent waivers saying there's no evidence that would boost production and a new struggle lies ahead ever more aggressive mutations. you're spared. and. sometimes there's not a 100 after the way our previous year so that's number secondly the human behavior . it's proving too much for a number and millions of others who find work in the big cities they are forced to look elsewhere during the lockdown. but. my money has been completely used up i don't even have anything for the trip home i hope to at least earn
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a few rupees in my parents' village. but last year food was scarce there too to family don't know how they will cope this time as they again drive into the unknown. from on this i'm joined by did a correspondent at money or a child very early when you were out we just had a horrible number 3000000 bets around the world india counts for more than 170 $5000.00 of those that's is that an accurate number for india where we are seeing a large number of deaths every day but there are also reports they suggest that the number of these steps have probably been under the old especially in certain states and especially to be treated as they see that you guys are going to join is actually getting all of this and i mean i'll just speak and that is a definitely a mismatch that count just to governments understand the actual number of jets.
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ok now in the reports we just saw a family packing up and fleeing to the countryside with coburn 1000 cases surging what is the mood in large cities like delhi. well there is a lot of concern there is a sense of panic which has started to set in and not only because people can see the 2nd wave spreading much much faster than the 1st one did in the past but also because there is a last section of people which is very concerned about a prop plane and on down being implemented once again because last year we saw a lot many people losing their likelihood trying to walk back to them and it is often seen lots of people at the time find out as that and as long as far as to get dressed up just on time it's quite all of them to hospitals are running out of beds out of i.c.u. beds out of bed really doesn't seizures supply medicine supply so even the hospital stop looking and a lot of due respect now. well could vaccine production really be expanded that if
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pharma companies waive the our patent rights it's not just a good moment to be have been seeing india along with some of the country for trying to me excuse that patiently money and in ramping up production but as we know they're going to asians are of course to a human certain time of need are of this idea but there are some explorers who are saying that even though a lot of the really really the big has been not to be a magic bullet but it definitely has you know girlie. men iraq targeted in delhi thank you. let's now take a look at other stories making headlines around the world me and mass village bulis say they have released more than 23000 prisoners ministry to mock the country's buddhist new year it's unclear whether. demonstrators or generalised covering the february cool way included protesters in young going to the streets to call for
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a strike on the upcoming holiday. the leaders of germany france and ukraine have called on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border well it appears the lansky met in powers on a medical joined by video link so called for the summits that also included moscow . awarded a $2900000000.00 contract to elon musk company space x. to supply the spacecraft that will run its fast manned mission to the moon since 1972 must beat 2 other competitors including amazon found jeff bezos secured the contract. the funeral of prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth is set to begin within the next the nation will hold in minute silence to the prince only 30 close relatives well attended the ceremony at st george's chapel
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due to go at a virus restrictions the event will reflect prince philip's close ties with the armed forces and many years of public service ok so let's go straight away to the. shot shells of bill joins me now from a way to tell us more about what's planned for today what is happening in windsor now. as you say in just a couple of hours time the nation was full silent for a minute to remember pinned prince philip just as the coffin a raw is essential just chapel just behind me marking the start of the service now we know that the proceedings will be quite scaled back according to prince philip's wishes he wanted no known since funeral service none of the pomp and ceremony that is usually associated with royal funerals it's been very carefully planned by the
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prince himself and we know that a lot of the details in the funeral reflect his lifelong commitment to the armed forces indeed he served with the armed forces in the 2nd world war and his decades of public service as britain's longest serving royal console it's now a couple of the details we know be looking out for we know that his children and several of his grandchildren will be following behind his personal rule precession and the hearse as well is one that's causing a lot of interest it's a large modified specially designed by the prince himself in military green to carry his coffin to st george's chapel so we've been hearing just how many of the details in this funeral service reflect the man himself. that is designed to reflect his his humor his kindness and his humanity ok we want to see the
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usual pomp of royal theater also why's that. well not just because of the prince's wishes but also because of current virus restrictions here in the u.k. it's only possible to have up to 30 people attend funeral services so we will only see close family at the service 30 people to be exact taking part they will practice social distancing jaring the 50 minute service members of the royal family will wear face masks as well and crucially the public has been asked to keep away from not just the consul behind me but all royal residences to try and avoid big crowns that you would usually expect to see at a at a royal funeral like this now one moment in particular is expected to be very striking because members of the royal family will be sitting upon cheering the service we will expect the queen at one point to be sitting alone during the service what should be a very poignant moment as the country reflects on the queen who has lost her what
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she did the man she describes as her strength and stay after 73 years of marriage. shiloh chance until when so thank you. stay tuned to this channel because we'll be bringing you live coverage of prince philip's funeral right here on news now u.s. president joe biden has repeated calls for congress to pass gun restrictions. shooting the president ordered flags to be lowered at the white house and other government buildings in the 8 people who were killed at the fed ex warehouse in indianapolis on thursday at a press conference he said us gun that's where epidemic. national was going on. every single day. every single day. count
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all those who were killed out of the streets of our cities in our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to what end. raul castro has announced his resignation as head of cuba's ruling communist party puts an end to 6 decades of rule in the country by members of the castro family role who took over as president from his brother fidel in 2008 has said he's fossum us to a new generation. asked for me my task as 1st secretary of the central committee of the communist party of cuba and with the satisfaction of having fulfilled my duty and to his confidence in the future of the country. with those words to the communist party congress and i will custer announced his retirement from the front line of cuban politics it has been 6 decades since i was prouder fidel castro came to power following the cuban
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revolution of the 1950 s. i will cuss through has played most of his life a 2nd string to his product 1st as a good commander later as a senior figure in the socialist government. after fidel fell ill in 2006 became the face of communist cuba. the country's top position will be now filled by miguel diaz who has served as cuba's president for the past 3 years he's a party loyalist who has advocated reform of the ailing economy without altering cuba as one party system. cuba's ongoing economic crisis presents a stiff challenge for the new leadership last year the economy shrank by 11 percent on the heels of new u.s. sanctions the coronavirus pandemic and domestic mismanagement have only compounded
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this is what the 1st christian churches look like. in the roman empire after the crucifixion christianity was a persecuted religion. and its followers forced into hiding buried their dead in catacombs like this. and they also worship here in the presence of the dead. in the 4th century pope dam assess the 1st transformed this script into an underground church . the earliest christians believe that their physical resurrection was coming soon that they would be led to heaven by christ the light of the world so they had little need of church buildings. but 1000 years later great
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stone cathedrals stretched up to the sky like fortresses of god as here inch by. christianity had long become an integral part of the lives of people in the middle ages. and this era so our rulers competing to erect ever mightier symbols of their faith. in minds these researchers studying the period stumbled on a piece of evidence and attracted lots of media attention. the protestant church of st john had been due to get a modern heating system installed by. the neat the floor of the church clues going
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back 1000 years were revealed. excavation director archaeologist. and representatives from the protestant and catholic churches watched fascinated as a stone circus weighing 2 tons was uncovered its location in the navy in front of the altar suggested that it was the final resting place of a high ranking person possibly the medieval bishop of minds aircon bought this it's. for the 1st time in a 1000 years the 700 kilogram lid of the sarcophagus was raced. it's might the person buried here really be bishop ecan bart archbishop of mines until his death in the year 1021 if so it would prove that this was the location of the city's 1st original cathedral. the question may seem
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unspectacular to non-specialists push for the researchers the remains contain a wealth of information about the period known as the romanesque. us. the world of that time was the result of a remarkable historical development until the 4th century christians had been subject to bloody persecution but then came a revolutionary turn of events one that led bishop eusebius of caesar to eulogize the roman imperial power that had previously threatened him he wrote the emperor came among us christians like a heavenly angel of god he was referring to the roman emperor constantine constantine had suddenly decriminalized christian worship and for christians he was an emissary from heaven and the patron of the church.
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from then on churches became callouses the pantheon in rome was a temple in which the ancient romans had worshipped there got this dome structure became the model for the buildings erected to honor the christian god and his earthly representative the emperor. in the eastern roman empire the byzantine empire the hunching a sophia in constantinople became the largest church in christendom. $10000.00 laborers built the giant basilica adorned with the magnificence that the imperial court saw as its $25.00 centuries after jesus died on the cross the christian church had become a highly political body. the imperial splendor of the southeastern reaches of the crumbling roman empire stands in sharp contrast to the more modest style in the northwest there from the start of the 9th century charles the 1st king
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of the franks ruled as successor to the roman emperors. charles later called charles the great or charlemagne built a church and often as a sign of his sovereignty. and he also copied the ancient symbols of the former roman empire. the palatine chapel in aachen is a domed building like the hodges sophia in byzantium. in the year 800 when the newly crowned emperor charlemagne climbed the steps to his throne it was an important advance for churches in the west. list is that of irish if you truly tate's charles permitted much plurality. his
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empire has he allowed the various ethnic groups in his dominion to have their own laws languages and cost and cause and fight across a large realm he standardized the religious service that article practice the implementation of god's will for god to because this can only be unique in an ambiguous field or people may lead their lives in many ways but there is only one way to god who got his i'm taught. from then on the task was to enforce the unity of faith in the frankish empire and for that charles needed his bishops the 3 former roman settlements tria cologne and minds became his most important archdiocese. but soon the bishops were vying to expand their own power and prestige. tree or in the west soon reached its limits of cologne was able to extend its domain northwest up to the north sea coast. mines was the most successful of the 3 soon the influence of the bishop of mines
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reached from verdian in the north to coeur in the south and far into the eastern territories. the man who so inner jetta gli advanced minds his influence around the turn of the millennium was buried here in st stephen's church built on the highest hill in the city. the mortal remains of archbishop villegas have lain here to this day. villegas sought to underscore the superiority of the diocese of mines for that he developed an ambitious architectural plan at the end of the 10th century.
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the idea was to replace the old wooden cathedral with one made of stone much larger than the mighty abbey built by the monks of russian whole island in my constance. it was to be a pole a shell church with a painted wood paneled ceiling the walls were to be painted too with scenes from the bible. people of the time rarely saw pictures and villegas was convinced that the church would make a lasting impression on the faithful and lead them to god. and he was also convinced that his cathedral would reinforce the importance of his diocese he would be the man to crown kings the son of what we are right religious
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had surpassed his humble origins to become regent of the empire and the pope's vicar. his personal ensign and we'll found its way into the coat of arms of minds but i guess his plan to acquire coronation rights seemed to be on track his cathedral was to shine like the heavenly jerusalem. in the year 1009 the moment had arrived for the largest building north of the alps to be consecrated. but then disaster struck on the day of its consecration villegas his church went up in flames. really is resigned in protest after the leaders aspired to be the 1st among the bishops and archbishops of the kingdom of the east franks and germany and he reinforced that by building an empire. think of people. as the us don't structure demonstrated
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the archbishop's rank and he wanted to highlight that and. it was particularly tragic that the cathedral building immediately burned down just as it was being consecrated for the value you dop and i glad essentially forecast the burden that would place on future archbishops that after all a diocese without a functioning cathedral was unthinkable it's i'd forgotten the day. the circus that the archaeologists opened in st john's church in mines is closed again the body inside was left to rest in peace the lid of the coffin vacuumed clean. only microscopic samples were taken to glean definitive information about the dead man's identity. among the material is this golden thread it is part of an edge ng made of real gold that was lying
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close to the head of the corpse. mathias high and so is a conservator and a specialist in metal alloys using a reflected light microscope he studies the structure and folding of the gold alloy and measures it with micro meter precision. a comparison with other finds suggests that the thread was part of a gold edging of a chaucer bowl of bishops liturgical vestment the dead man dressed in the garment was undoubtedly a cleric probably a bishop. but the sample taken from the area of his left upper arm is even more conclusive. it's a fragment of a larger piece of fabric to which are attached to small pieces of edging made of
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dark silk. despite the decomposition of the material even now 1000 years later the microscope reveals that it is of animal origin. and digits class here we clearly see the scaly structure like overlapping roof tiles of the epidermis layer that i miss fished and in the middle we can still see a bit of them a dull or a canal mark on our aunts and these 2 properties and a cape clearly that this is war of violet in. wool that suggest a garment called a pallium this one band is seen in illustration since the early middle ages it's a kind of stole that even the pope wears and that today is still conferred on his
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archbishops. it is spun from the wall from 2 lambs that the pope blesses every year for the archaeologists it's another clue to the identity of the buried man. a scout thus the giver they said once it was clear that the piece of fabric we had found was wool or dozens of this hole also had a silk edging fals was obvious to us that it was a pallium and of a man who wore it was an oft bishop one gets the fields and the carbon 14 dating of the other fabrics opals gave us the final certain time allowing us to say that this has been both the archbishop could if the 1000 of years ago and you pressed ahead with the reconstruction of minds cathedral be the whole follow this fides of the office phone please. that was the conclusive piece of evidence showing that today st john's church stands on the
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side of mine's his 1st cathedral and that archbishop american bought the successor a villa guess was laid to rest here presumably because the new cathedral was still under construction following the devastating fire. it seems that out of respect for the old church the new site had been chosen not exactly here but right close by the archbishop's prestige project was a building intended to make mines a 2nd rome a central point of the empire with the monarchs would be crowned. the east tellers were already standing in aircon vaults lifetime and he himself may have walked this way in the southeastern tower however it would not have been this high back then the towers weren't raised to their current proud height of 55 meters
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until much later. despite all the reconstruction over the centuries the interior of mines cathedral still exudes the spirit of the romanesque the solemn darkness and the massive angular stone work that flaunts its solidity. it's hard to imagine how impressive these stone spaces must have seemed to the people of the middle ages who were used to small houses made of wood and mud. with his prestige project the biggest had kicked off a contest a challenge not only to his great rival the archbishop of cologne but also to the
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powerful rulers who were to be reminded by such palatial churches that god and his representatives stood above them. the 14th century tomb of the influential archbishop paid a fine us bet shows how even 3 centuries later the clerics saw their relationship to crowned rulers the greatest is he with the right to crown and anoint kings. anointment is described in the book of exodus in the old testament. the sacred annoying ting oil was a means of consecrating priests and prophets. in western europe anointment gradually became customary at the coronation of monarchs. the oil
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represents the transfer and legitimacy of political power for the ruler. the. the he would thus be ruler by. by the grace of god as implemented by the church and yet in dependence upon it. did this ritual not imply the subordination of the monarch what would happen if the bishop or the pope withheld the annoyed and. suppose the cleric did not speak the words and go take in reagan i anoint the king. would that king or emperor still be accepted by his subjects.
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he doesn't. the annoyed meant with sacred oil made the king the anointed of god christos domini and that gave him a dominant position literally a must but it also made him dependent on the one who had anointed head that could be the bishop or in the case of the anointment to be emperor it was the pope in rome or disk a few behind this system function well until there was a dispute over rank between the worldly and the cliche as to call powers. the dispute over rank between church and state was already smoldering in the 1st century of the new millennium 80 kilometers up the rhine the city of bones was experiencing friction between the ruling salient dynasty and the new bishop. immediately after his investiture he had begun planning
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a cathedral on the highest point in the town vaughn's too was to boast an imposing building that like a castle would highlight the supremacy of the church. the idea was also to rebuild the town in the shadow of the new cathedral. the new bishop for heart was the right man for the job. it was an associate of the dynamic archbishop winds hitting us with similar determination he set out to underscore the head gemini of the church or car it was a talented organizer and as the town administrator favored by villegas he immediately set to work. as push for to hear good news in the towers when version arrived here in the year 1000 he intended to show that he was the lord of this town as its bishop and he did everything he could include ing activating his connections at the imperial court decide to get the salience to give
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up their property in volumes of food to give up their castle and leave orms involves to fend off more than a day in a symbolic act as he raised the salience fortress and set up a monastery st paul's church and to demonstrate i am the sole ruler here it's been . here. to this day the building retains its 11th century contours although only a few foundation stones from bush arts church are still standing the unique specimens of romanesque sculpture the rare animal depictions all date from the 12th century that's because just 2 years after its hasty construction and consecration in 1018 bush hearts representational palace collapsed. and by the time the new church was its late roman s colonnade was completed 160
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years later or shards ideal of the head gemini of the church had long been called into question the new epoch had been born it was as if the architects had already sensed how the coming period the gothic would bring a new wealth of forms and color to life. the citizens had begun to view this space as their own they adhered more to their kings than their bishops and the dispelled salience had already started a competing project next door inch by. st christopher the carrier of christ the side of whom was believed to prevent sudden death now looked down on changed conditions. have managed displaced his idea the assailants had the bad luck to be driven out of the hereditary seat and was all they quickly ordered the construction of
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a new diocesan church the cathedral of st mary and. the building that arose in shire under the salience was truly an imperial cathedral no other medieval cathedral on the rhine was such a symbol of imperial power as st mary's cathedral inch by a. looming over the river like a castle it was a high point of imperial architecture a sign carved in red sandstone of a dynastic lane. and wired south before the salient settled there it had been referred to is by cina or cowtown but with the cathedral it underwent rapid urban expansion to become an imperial metropolis. forced out of forms and deprived of much political influence due conrad was anointed king of germany 2 decades later
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and ultimately holy roman emperor. a 1000 fields once the staff dissolved young 1020 for the election of the 1st salient king conrad the 2nd became possible because the last new doffing ruler henry the 2nd had died without an heir for. conrad was a descendant of auto the great wealth and this matrilineal descent was very important for the salient sense of their significance and they saw themselves in a long imperial tradition. conrad was laid to rest in 1039 wearing a crown with the inscription sower of peace and benefactor of the city. his time as emperor coincides with the high point of medieval imperial rule the conflicts between the emperors and the pope's were only just beginning to simmer.
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and the cathedral which he had built as a worthy burial site. himself and his successors was only just started. today had victor i think is the master builder of the world heritage site that conrad had planned as his imposing muscly i'm perhaps too imposing when he died not even the outer walls were complete. the topic that i missed out and. the tragedy was that conrad was not able to experience his vision to close the case it was up and landis he had the idea of building the largest church in the western world of the because he died before it was completed he was basically buried in an unfinished construction site. of honest. that was something new in the medieval contest of the cathedrals and emperor who
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built a gigantic burial place for himself and his dynasty one that could compete with the cathedrals of minds and von's. it was a symbol in stone of the emperor's self image one that may have grown in force due to the family's bitter experience in homes but the ambitious plan initially remained in the building phase. because the jewels columned crypt the largest of its time was completed by the time of conrad's death it testifies to his optimism about the future. when come to so bushfire and us it is a busy one what you could describe it like this he had this vision and the hot the faith the hope that he would be able to make it succeed the alpha and that this idea would be adopted by others that he could kindle the idea in them as the myth is a kind. in 1061 the salience prestige building was consecrated
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in all its romanesque rory. but just 20 years later came a surprise the new sally an emperor and rid the 4th ordered most of the new cathedral to be demolished. he wanted it to be even larger and more imposing and above all more sophisticated in its design . what a hellish defer to have this list and not in the highest everything changed and then written for the tiger to storm us up that he tore down large parts of the cathedral and rebuilt it in another shape because the fan on we can see the biggest change here in the apps which changed from having a straight end to a semicircular one in good. to carry out
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the transepts were taken down all the way to the stone work and changed in that dept by a restructuring of the facade for and out. on to and the spires will raise your mistyped. his image is the old only romanesque part of the tower and under henry the full what it called its rise is a room with the tool. of the if you want storm affair crossing tao was also changed although what we see sedate is the baroque era. is that as a centrist is a later addition to the main change in the interior is the voltage of the center nave obvious wish to be above abrams middle shifts a matter of an hour we believe that in the early romanesque building the ceiling was flat to be as honest. as central maybe is 40 meters wide with the
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height of a 33 meters up to the vaulted ceiling and those are very very big dimensions just fine i wasn't of good at what immediately catches the eye from outside is the change to the insertion of a dwarf gallery which wasn't there originally after all inflation got changes the appearance of the outer wall that was typical of the romanesque with windows recessed into walls even hits the fan and not the revolutionary thing about this building is the way its character radiated outward tiniest of photos. henry the folds really wanted to build the biggest church in the western world and and here he succeeded i'd say. in 1106 the romanesque marvel was completed. it's hard to imagine a more imposing building a vaulted ceiling of this size had not been seen in the west since antiquity for 1000 years. and in terms of size spire
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cathedral did not have to fear the competition certainly not from horns and not even from minds. and while villegas his work in mind his dark and early romanesque in style henry's cathedral was more numinous. as if it were quietly anticipating the gothic period. the historical museum of the pole at need has a model of the head of henry the 4th made by a forensic scientist based on the original find of his skull. and perhaps we can
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read the tragedy of henry's life from his face it was a life marked by strife the pope excommunicated him his sons rebelled against him and the year his cathedral was consecrated was also the year of his death. unleashed a foot to his and kaiser declan's into added songs on our forefathers like you henry the 4th was an emperor who reigned and thought entirely in the tradition of his ancestors he viewed as monarchy as god given and inherited from his father's house in the flesh and that made him very unprepared for an ethical conflict which broke out in the 2nd half of the 11th century and which suddenly called the authority of the king into question as you. the king was viewed by the church reformers as a layman no longer as one anointed by god or goddess. and that developed into a fundamental conflict around the question of which was to take precedence on earth the power of the church or the secular power as it does
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a conflict this conflict erupted in the so-called investiture controversy which was about much more than the investiture of bishops for short was about the question of who needed whom the of the who had precedence over who and who had to obey austin was. henry the 4th didn't want to obey that was a tragedy but also his pride as a came both. for and he expressed this pride above all in the rebuilding of by a cathedral i know. there was an outstanding architectural achievement leading to the largest church in western christian time at the time because it is outside through that. in fact the cathedral fulfilled the function for which it had originally been intended. to be a tomb for the salience in the summer of 1900 historians excavated the floor of the church and opened the more than 800 year old coffins. it was an investigation
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intended to boost the historical significance of the new german empire under kaiser vilhelm the 2nd and to inform the public about the great deeds of his predecessors . featuring large in this history was the 1st salient emperor conrad who had started building the largest romanesque church his remains and those of his family including his wife gisela described as a woman of beauty and intelligence were now to be carefully studied the historical investigation describes henry the 4th as a man of impeccable form he was described as handsome full of masculine strength and almost femen. and grace. a special find was the golden sapphire ring on henry's right ring finger it was a bishop's ring perhaps the final defiant message from an emperor who believed he
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possessed the sole authority to invest bishops with ring and staff. henry's burial crown was carefully restored at the historical museum of the platen 8. it was the symbol of power of an emperor who was viewed by his supporters as anointed by god by his opponents as the embodiment of evil and who throughout his life insisted that his crown was conferred upon him directly by god without the intercession of the church. his cathedral dedicated to mary the mother of god represented for him the divine affirmation of saving rule set in stone surpassing any papal claims and it seems to have provided him with a foothold for his own personal faith. he must have
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been deeply shaken when the bishop of his cathedral made him turn over the imperial insignia to his disloyal son. old chronicles show him surrounded by his bishops and his 2 sons in apparent harmony. but that account is an example of medieval propaganda. both sons had rebuild against their father and the supposedly harmonious handover of power to his youngest son was in fact an act of great violence. dispute is an affirmative foot cell in the vocus kind this picture is a complete distortion of reality. as the gig in reality against the divine order in the sun rose up against the father i cannot to include flick divinity there was a generational conflict that was relatively rare in the history of the high middle ages but which forced all their contemporaries to take sides in this conflict
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between father and son between the old and the new order and annoying sega. logic you know the winner as in all such generational conflicts as was the song and he actually tried to rethink and rescue the salient monarchy and the fact that he ended up exercising power just like his father did is the particular tragedy of henry the 5th and it marks the gradual end of the ceiling a period in the german empire ended as the outside demise. the times were changing in vorm says well and it was here that the last salient emperor played an early part in bringing about a new social order. alongside the clergy a new group was growing in society one which had not been reckoned with the middle class its growing economic power soon was something neither the emperors nor the church could ignore. the vorm city archive has a 12th century document and example of charters that were being issued more and
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more frequently this so-called freedom charter granted rights to common citizens these of the the bishop and the aristocracy. the increasingly self-confident citizenry began to be seen by kings as useful allies to be fostered the bishops may have still been the town moves but they couldn't object if the emperor set his seal on it. the folk at the view of all the document was issued out of order i'm cv i'm valma sencion out that is for the benefits of the citizens of borno state that the story of main content of the middle part release the tax burden it expands the rights of the citizenry that was forming it improves opportunities for economic development clarifies ambiguities about certain levels of the uk government all of what's important is that all this granting of privileges takes place in consensus with all
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those who have power over the citizens of this and how we can see that here in the formulation of those who have used at protest over the c.v.s. pharmacy and said in other words it is taking care that no one can say off the words i didn't know and i object for a powerful and this is very important it is the bishop as the lord of the town who appears here is a proponent of along with other persons clerical unworldly who in some way have claims on the citizen and. the romanesque were becoming more and more churches of the people and there for science were changing too soon appearing in gothic raymond and not only that. the facade of . has an amusing popular stone figure one that originated in the middle class 20th century. to snuff him
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to wrists who come here always ask 1st about the cathedral docks and where is it but it's at the entrance portal to do you know a master builder in the last century any pond who carried out renovations on the cathedral in the 1920 s. left a memorial to his pet dogs and. there are a lot of different versions of the story but at the core of it is that the docs and somehow saved his life even. so. we'll let that cathedral story from the early 20th century tell itself.
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but master builder brandt's rescued by his docks on is not the only animal story that forms cathedral has to tell the other one leads straight back to the middle ages showing an ape delousing a medieval master builder. the scene is a 1000 years old and it is the only known depiction of a romanesque architect. there are plenty of stories of emperors and bishops and the battles of the powerful but the roman s cathedral builders are hidden in the shadows of history. they are the
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ones whose spirit and hands made all the structures that we admired today. their rivalry to create churches that were ever lovelier larger godly or how exciting it must have been. a contest over the wealth of forms over the many possibilities of hewing ever new things out of sandstone. it was a contest of the imagination that never came to an end that's human nature what was yesterday shall be different tomorrow.
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