next, amiens rose 139eet. finally beauvais cathedral, which would have beaten them with a vault of 158 feet, went beyond the limits of safety and medieval engineering skill, and the walls of the choir collapsed. despite isolated disasters like beauvais, gothic triumphed over much of europe within a few generations. at canterbury, when the choir was destroyed in the great fire of 1174, it was rebuilt in the new gothic style. england was the first to adopt the gothic, not surprising in a country with close dynastic and historic lks with france. but english architects always tended to go their own way, favoring length over height, evolving their own forms, often by deliberately misinterpreting their french models. by the early 14th century, at wells cathedral, the deep-rooted english tendency toward architectural fantasy broke free, producing daring innovation. most striking and eccentric are the massive strainer arches added to reinforce the supports of the crossing tower... and that most notable of english cont

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