Remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome

 

The basilica, having proved suitable throughout long centuries of Christian worship, became the main from in Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its derivation. Circular churches, also adopted from Christian antiquity, were used only for special purposes. This type became popular especially in the Byzantine east serving as private places of worship in palaces and castles or as funeral chapels. There are only a few examples in Western Europe.

 

Task I.

Render from English into Russian:

medieval, roughly, millennium, division, Christianity, expansion, witness, urbanisation, owe, origin, unfolding, boundaries, regards, tumultuous, basilica, circular, prove, worship, derivation, funeral, chapel, exclusively

 

Task II.

Render from Russian into English:

часовня, похороны, производное, почитать, доказывать, круглый, базилика, унаследовал, границы, происхождение, урбанизация, свидетельствовать, экспансия, христианство, деление, грубо, исключительно, средневековый, шумный, долгий, духовный

 

Task III.

Fill in correct word from the list below:

1. lasted for … a …

2. marked by the … of Western …

3. overseas …

4. … the first …

5. countries … their …

6. events … in the Middle Ages

7. present European …

8. during this … period

9. art was mostly …

10. Middle Ages … two types

11. … basilica

12.

Funeral, worship, elongated, inherited, ecclesiastical, tumultuous, boundaries, unfolding, owe, origins, urbanisation, witnessed, expansion, division, Christianity, roughly, millennium, medieval

Christian …

13. … chapels

14. … art

 

Task IV.

Fill in the preposition from the list below:

1. lasted … a millennium

2. dated … the fall of the Roman Empire

3. marked …the division

4. owe their origins … events

5. achievements … this period

6. architecture concentrated … creating a House of God

7. proved … long centuries

8.

To, during, by, from, for, on, throughout, from, as

adopted … Christian antiquity

9. Byzantine east serving …

 

Task V.

Match the definitions to the following words:

1. millennium	a. Relating to the Christian church
2. expansion	b. The edge of an area of land
3. urban	c. The original form from which smth such as a word developed
4. boundaries	d. An increase in size
5. ecclesiastical	e. A large important Roman Catholic church
6. elongated	f. Relate to towns or cities
7. worship	g. A ceremony that takes place after someone dies
8. derivation	h. A period of 1.000 years
9. funeral	i. The activity of showing respect and love for God
10. basilica	j. Longer and narrower than is normal