I have to answer the question "who funds middle age cathedrals", for history and i have no clue. i looked everwhere on the internet and i cant find it. please help
2007-11-11 09:27:15 · 4 answers · asked by sillyboi32 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In the Middle Ages, cathedrals were funded by a combination of land grants by landowners, gifts by local nobles, and church funds. Also, much of the labor and material was donated or at least provided at low cost. People genuinely believed that contributing to the construction of a cathedral would contribute to their having a place in paradise after death.
One way of getting local nobles to contribute funds was to offer them places to bury their relatives. If you visit old European cathedrals, you will find ornate family tombs that were "compensation" for building funds.
2007-11-11 09:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean in England? They are certainly not funded out of the public purse, but by the Church of England. There is a short fall in funding which is why very many cathedrals now charge an entrance fee for the visitor as opposed to worshippers. If you mean (having said this is for your history lessons) who funded their building, then that would have been done by gifts and donations, often from the wealthy who saw such expenditure as a way to grease their entry to heaven.
2007-11-11 17:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what faith they are associated with. If you are talking about Catholic (which accounts for most of them that I have heard of) they are ultimately paid for by the Papacy in Rome, though I would assume that significant financial underwriting decisions are also made by Cardinals and Regional Archdiocese-es, plus input from the governments of the cities and countries where they are located.
Some of them are old enough that the cost of building them has been long overshadowed by the cost of maintaining them though.
2007-11-11 18:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by darkmuzik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the public as well as the tourists.
non believers are certainly forced to support them as cathedrals get grants from local and central government.
There is of course no public support for atheists to promote their preferences
2007-11-11 17:30:38 · answer #4 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋