Did Romanesque cathedrals have stained glass windows?

Because the windows in Romanesque art were small, the stained glass didn't modify the architecture of the cathedrals to allow more light as the Gothic ones did. According to historians, they started as simple enamels over glass imitating the illuminated manuscripts. read more

York Minster Cathedral - The fanned, rib vaulted, ceiling culminating in columns separated by large stained glass, pointed arch, windows and externally supported by Flying Buttresses. The style is known as 'Early English', which is synonymous with Gothic. read more

Many parish churches, abbey churches and cathedrals are in the Romanesque style, or were originally built in the Romanesque style and have subsequently undergone changes. The simplest Romanesque churches are aisless halls with a projecting apse at the chancel end, or sometimes, particularly in England, a projecting rectangular chancel with a chancel arch that might be decorated with mouldings. read more