LINKTV France 24 April 16, 2014
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 praye...