Paris in the Middle Ages Paris in the Middle Ages In the 10th century, Paris was a provincial cathedral city of little political or economic significance, but under the kings of the Capetian dynasty who ruled France between 987 and 1328, it developed into an important commercial and religious center and the seat of the royal administration of the country. The Île de la Cité became the site of the royal palace and the new cathedral of Notre-Dame, begun in 1163. The Left Bank was occupied by important monasteries, including the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Abbey of St Genevieve. In the late 1100s, the
Le Manoir de Paris ceramics workshops, which was part of the firm Hyppolyte Boulenger, built their new store and head office at 18, Rue du Paradis. The building was partially registered as (historical monument) in 1981; it became the "Musée de l'Affiche" in 1978, and the Musée de la Publicité in 1982, before moving out in 1990. The Manoir de Paris project took 2 years to plan and 6 months to build and rehearse for. Adil Houti, a young American living in Paris, was the instigator for this project. Born in 1983, Houti took part in the creation of two haunted houses in Texas: