In Troubadour-Land by Sabine Baring-Gould

Historic associations -- Salvation Army bonnets -- The fair -- A quack -- A vampire -- The amphitrite -- A _carousel_ -- Temple of Augustus and Livia -- The Aiguille -- Cathedral -- Angels and musical instruments -- S. André-le-Bas -- Situation of Vienne -- Foundation of the Church there -- Letter of the Church on the martyrdoms at Lyons.

I went on to Vienne with mind full of thoughts of the Burgundian kingdom of which it was the capital in the fifth century, of S. Avitus, of King Clovis, of Calixtus II., of the condemnation of the Templars at the Council of Vienne in 1307 -- one of the most cruel and iniquitous deeds done by the Crown of France in compact with the Papacy -- and I found myself plunged, unexpectedly, suddenly, into the vortex of a great popular fair. I had passed from a fair in a condition of languor into one in full flush of life.