Library of Universal Knowledge, Vol. 10 of 21: Being a Reprint Entire of the Last (1879) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chamber's Encyclopædia; A ... Additions Upon Topics of Special Interest - Softcover

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Excerpt from Library of Universal Knowledge, Vol. 10 of 21: Being a Reprint Entire of the Last (1879) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chamber's Encyclopædia; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, With Very Large Additions Upon Topics of Special Interest to American Readers

It. Is a curious fact, that in France, where the towns became of considerable im portance during the middle ages, so few municipal buildings remain. This arises from the circumstance, that the resources of the early municipalities of France xvi-re devoted to aid the bishops in the erection of the great French cathedrals, and the townspeople used these cathedrals as their halls of assembly, and even for such pur poses as masques and amusements.

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