Any history of modern popular fiction is likely to begin with the Gothic era.
This element had its true development in the Gothic era.
However, soon enough there came a need for public halls, parliament houses, mansions, and the Gothic era was the solution.
The book portrays the Gothic era as one of the extremes of architecture, passion, and religion.
England's Gothic era began much earlier than 1400, by which time the great Gothic cathedrals had been built.
In the Gothic era, the manor house was separated from the keep by a ditch, transformed later into a cistern.
Above all, the famous west front, decorated with thousands of figures, is a masterpiece of the Gothic era.
In the Gothic era, the chest became widespread and was often used as a table.
The three-part nave, presbytery and sacristy stem from the Gothic era.
During the Gothic era, the classical aesthetical canon of beauty was rejected as sinful.