The Cathedral Towns

Describe Cathedral-towns.

1. The large churches were called cathedrals and by 12th century onward they were being built in France.

2. These cathedrals belonged to the monasteries for which different people contributed with their own labour, materials or money. A cathedral was made of stones and took several years to build.

3. When cathedrals were completed they turned out to be the centers of pilgrimage and became more populated. This resulted in the development of small towns around them. The cathedrals were designed in a way that voice of the priest could reach all people assembled in the hall and in a manner that singing sound of monks and the chiming bells reached greater distance as a call for prayer. Stained glasses were used in windows and the sunlight would make the glasses glow for people in cathedral during day time. Candle light would make them visible to people outside in the