Paris
Middle Ages

Theological center of continental Catholicism in the later middle ages.

The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, was begun in 1162
and finished in 1235

A place of considerable ecclesiastical importance from the fifth century, Paris became the capital of France in the late tenth century. A university was established there at the end of the twelfth century. Thereafter it was the leading university for theological study in continental Europe. Thomas Aquinas was among its luminaries as were leaders of the later Middle Ages.



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