Too Big to Squeeze into My Camera Frame
York Cathedral is beyond big - it's massive. It may be my favorite church in Europe. Considering the fact that it was built so far away from the administrative center of England I find it fascinating that so much money and effort was put into this immense structure. Then again, Yorkshire and the rest of Northern England was often a troublesome region for the monarchs and government hundreds of miles away in London. The people up North were continually in rebellion or supporting causes the rest of England was fighting against. The task of building this intimidating project was not only done for the glory of God, but also to show the other English that the folks up North had the power and wealth to rival the rest of England.
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more 
