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On Dec 21, 2007, at 8:21 AM, George R. Hoelzeman wrote:

>> I don't know what term is suggested to replace "Gothic." Guess  
>> I'll have to check out Gesta 39. In Suger's time, "Gothic" was  
>> simply "opus francigenum." I'd call it "ogival," or something like  
>> that although "Gothic" is so entrenched, it would be difficult to  
>> root it out, I suspect. If a word works, why bother?

Malcolm at Chartres calls it Capetian.

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