And the whole gallery of nefarious characters who thronged the roads of christendom at that time. The important rituals of peoples lives centered in the church. In the church, the infant was baptized, the young were married. And prays were offered for the souls of the dead. The tremendous outpouring of skill, labor, and faith represented in the age of gothic cathedrals needs to be understood in light of the great changes happening in western europe between 1100 and 1300. The most important of these was a dramatic population boom. As europe grew more stable and more prosperous, men and women seem to have marri younger and had bigger families. The population of the west increased threefold in those two centuries and in the richest parts up to tenfold. Hundreds of new towns were founded and the old ones thrived as local and longdistance ade flourished. At the same time there were new intellectual impulses, evidenced best of all in the founding of the great universities paris, oxford, and
Survived intact in the crypt to the joy of the people. Even more miraculously the entire church was rebuilt in 27 years. That is the church that we can still see today. What the cathedral meant to the people who lived in these streets in the 13th century is very different from what it means today. Then the cathedral was the center of Spiritual Life and the focus of civic pride. Daily life literally revolved around it. As in many medieval towns, the western gates of the cathedral formed one sid of a great opeuare. In the middle ages this was the place where the townspeople could meet the farmers and produce of the countryside could be bought and sold. Here, too, they could mingle with tinkers and peddlers, salt sellers dealers in relics, and the whole gallery of nefarious characters who thronged the roads of christendom at that time. The important rituals of peoples lives centered in the church. In the church, the infant was baptized, the young were married. And prayers were offered for
Whiz by trying not to hit him. He saved the little kittys life. Back here tomorrow at 12 00. A flurry of events. Nominees push for votes. This is a fox report. Donald trump about to attend a fund raiseener oklahoma before moving on to a rally in colorado later tonight. He started the day in houston and he addressed the remembrance conference. He shared the stage with families who had family members killed by illegal immigrants. Hillary clinton is the person, and i mean the first person to run for the presidency of the country effectively
fletenning to abolish the borders around the country that she is supposed to represent. Hillary clinton making appearances in washington d. C. And surrogates sanders and Elizabeth Warren campaign in the battleground state in ohio. We have fox team coverage. Kristin fisher has more. And peter doocey joins us live in houston. Peter, how was it different than the past trump events . Reporter julie, it was different because the focus was not on trump as it
He is outnumbered. Hello, welcome to philly. Thanks for having me. In the fox tent. Safe space, right, tuckter. And its a big tent. Harris they told me later they will have wedding. Sandra air condition something working today which is a plus. Harris lets move, shall we . Well get to the president s big speech in a few minutes. First the history we witnessed together. Even though we knew the outcome, no less than emotional moment for many. South dakota put Hillary Clinton over the top. Then a heartstopping move by bernie supporters to bridge the party divide. Madam chair, i move that the convention suspend the procedural rules. I move that all votes, all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record and i move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] harris will his millions loving supporters follow his lead . Well follow that part of story as it happens. In another big moment in the
And gasped and saw the spire engulfed in flames, and from there, we watched as the rest of paris watched in silent shock. A part of what made this essentially daunting and challenging is the unique nature of the fire happening in a tall cathedral thats centuries old, an interior made almost entirely of wood, that meant that standard Fire Fighting equipment was no match as the inferno grew and grew. These first pictures from inside show ash, smoke and the vastness there of that space outside the pair of bell towers immortalized in victor hugos hunchback of notre dame survived along with the elaborate gothic facade. French president Emmanuel Macron is vowing to rebuild. Cnns Jim Bittermann is live in paris right now. What do we know was rescued out of the space and what they are finding this morning as they go in and try to see what the damage is . Reporter well, what was rescued, first, christine, in fact, they managed to get out a number of artifacts, more portable type things, chairs,