Goth (disambiguation)
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Goth can refer to:
- Goths (people) [r]: A Germanic people that wandered from Scandinavia to Eastern and Southern Europe and that became prominent in the last days of the Roman Empire and the ensuing Dark Ages [e]
- Goths (subculture) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gothic music [r]: A genre of rock music (new wave), often with an esthetic, gloomy atmosphere and followed by a peculiar subculture. [e]
- Gothic novel [r]: A form of fiction which became popular in England in the second half of the eighteenth century involving elements of the supernatural designed to give a pleasing frisson of terror to the reader. [e]
- Gothic architecture [r]: A style of architecture that had its origins in the building of great cathedrals in France from the 12th to the mid-13th century and was known as the "French style" (opus Francigenum) before being appellated as 'gothic' during the Renaissance period. [e]