No you didn't Keith.

Yes, they describe it so. They had no alternative but to believe it, as opposed to these enlightened times.

But you didn't say that. You stated that they were built to the glory of God, you never said that those building them believed it to be such a glory.

Your later qualifications would be useful at the time, if only to prevent people from forming views on what you actually typed. Clapton forbid that you would wish to stand by provocative outpourings eh?

In any event, those paying for early cathedrals built them to the glory of keeping the peasants subdued with folklore. The barons found religion rather useful.

Today, they only exist because normal people pay to visit them. Without such income, The CofE especially would let them crumble or flog them off, as they do other churches apparently built to the glory of their God. (Glory of CofE bank balance, take your pick.)

I know a couple of hills in Norfolk. To be fair, they wouldn't pass muster as "undulating" in most counties but fair do's and all that. You can get exercise in Norfolk.