Give Notre Dame a Modern Roof the Alt-Right Will Hate
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Photos from Getty/ When the most famous Gothic cathedral in the world burned this week—smoke and flames billowing out from the spire—I took to Twitter to join the chorus of voices who expressed their heartfelt loss. As a historian, I am all too aware of how vulnerable the remains of the Middle Ages are, and a seemingly eternal building such as Notre Dame is no exception. Once the fire was under control, and eventually extinguished, the extent of the damage became clear. The , and the spire ...
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