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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7559292, member: 75482&quot;]This comment, though made in fun, got me to wondering what the actual connection is. The link, apparently, is a spooky novel published in 1764 subtitled &quot;A Gothic Story&quot;. The allusion seems to be to Gothic architecture - haunted ruins - as a setting for ghost stories and more generally, to the mysterious medieval past.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Wikipedia, the term &quot;Gothic&quot; was first applied to a type of architecture in the 1530s as a sort of insult, meaning that medieval architecture was barbaric, not as refined as either that of the Renaissance or that of the Romans. Prior to the 1530s, the architectural style called &quot;Gothic&quot; today was known as &quot;French Style&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love Google <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-the-gothic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-the-gothic" rel="nofollow">https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-the-gothic</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture" rel="nofollow">https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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