| Act 4 - Perpendicular Bliss | 1348 - 1538 |
| Cool columns and acres of glass draw the eyes upward as feudalism dies | |
| Fluid Political Background | 100 Years War - 1337/1453 = isolation from French Influence |
| Plague & end of feudalism | |
| Bishops' power waning - no new cathedrals after Salisbury | |
| Henry VIII quarrels with the Pope | |
| 'Drama' | Edicts of 4th Lateran force complete secularization of drama |
| 'Cash Rich' Cathedrals Spend | 150 years of rebuilding @ Gloucester |
| Canterbury Nave | |
| Winchester Nave | |
| York East End & Central & West Towers | |
| Norwich Cloister, Nave & Choir Vault, Spire | |
| Peterborough - Lady Chapel with Fan Vault | |
| Others Accept 'Crumbs' | Ely - Alcock's & West's Chantries |
| Comparisons | Paris, Amiens, Siena, Toledo |
| Trouble with Rome | Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell & Thomas Cranmer dissolve monasteries |
| Zealotry begins to run wild at Ely | |