medieval Paris
Notre-Dame's original city
Medieval Paris refers to the French capital during the Middle Ages, roughly from the 5th to 15th centuries—a period when it grew from a modest island settlement into one of Europe's largest and most influential cities.
The term evokes narrow winding streets, the construction of Notre-Dame Cathedral, the founding of the University of Paris, and the Gothic architecture that still defines parts of the city: The novel is set in medieval Paris, among scholars and thieves.
- Notre-Dame CathedralMedieval Parisian basilica
- market squaresPublic trading plazas
- wine tradeCommerce in fermented grapes
- Île de la CitéParisian island in Seine
- scholasticismRigorous dialectical learning method
Hundred Years' War · Latin Quarter · city walls · Black Death · plague doctors · monastic orders · Gothic period · river ports · Left Bank · stained glass art · holy relics · Viking raids · bakeries · bread riots · guild halls · coin minting · narrow lanes · bell towers
- Medieval ParisNotre-Dame, Seine River, Latin Quarter, Louvre, Gothic architecture