tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post1166319276119171834..comments2024-01-22T09:59:19.371-08:00Comments on Life in the Middle Ages: A medieval cathedralC. Dale Brittainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-23368638637012445112014-06-26T12:49:19.820-07:002014-06-26T12:49:19.820-07:00The "spell corrector" messed up my Latin...The "spell corrector" messed up my Latin. The administrative unit is a "pagus" and a city at its center is a "civitas." Let's see if this works.C. Dale Brittainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-55413711964211824372014-06-26T12:46:45.976-07:002014-06-26T12:46:45.976-07:00Yes, technically a town is only a city if it has a...Yes, technically a town is only a city if it has a cathedral, the seat of a bishopric. This is left over from the old Roman Empire, when each pagnus (administrative unit) had a civets at its center. These became the bases of dioceses on the Continent, and the same idea was carried over to Britain, once it was re-Christianized in the 7th-8th centuries.C. Dale Brittainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-83142328509629078382014-06-26T07:44:49.380-07:002014-06-26T07:44:49.380-07:00In England and probably the rest of Britain, havin...In England and probably the rest of Britain, having a cathedral marks a town as a city. Ely in Cambridgeshire, is a tiny little town, but because it has a cathedral it is called a city.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978122480310939801noreply@blogger.com