Towns/Cities 🏢 🏢 🏬

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZimXhjGshI0-32- - - Now playing.url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGNwdNDgVq8.     (i think this one is in German but it makes sense)

TOWNS:     There were few towns in Medieval England and those that existed were very small. There were few towns in Medieval England and those that existed were very small. A medieval town was typically run on a manorial system, overseen by a lord or even a certain church/abbey. The peasants living in the town would rarely venture outside the town during their lifetimes, for it was their whole world and they were needed to work its land. Medieval towns consisted of many buildings. Among these buildings were a church/monastery, a tithe barn, a cattle barn, a granary, stables, a warehouse, a well, workshops for tradesmen and merchants, peasant cottages, and manor houses. Medieval towns were vibrant hubs of activity, housing an array of people from political and spiritual leaders to traders, craftsmen, inn-keepers and brothel owners. Medieval writers were unsure about towns. On the one hand, they saw them as vital hubs of economic, cultural, political, administrative and spiritual activity. But on the other, they saw their many dangerous temptations: their taverns and alehouses, gambling dens and brothels. Towns could also be dirty, expensive and riddled with disease. Normally enclosed by protective walls, access to medieval towns was regulated through gates. The Luttrell Psalter includes an image of Constantinople that is based on an English town: surrounded with a curtain wall punctuated with towers and arrow slits, the city is crowded with buildings.

CITIES: Almost all major European cities of current world had their roots in the Middle Ages. However, some of Middle Ages cities weren’t as important as they are now. After the fall of Roman Empire new kingdoms were evolving and to ensure security of the members of nobility against the barbarian invaders and Islamic attackers, kings and nobles started building castles and manors and that was the initiation of Feudalism in Europe.With increased security, people started to settle down and since then medieval cities were developed.back to the major European cities of the Middle Ages which were Paris, London, Constantinople, Rome, Florence, Milan, and Palermo which are still very famous today.

 LONDON:      Around 1300, the majority of people in Europe lived in the countryside. In England, between 10 and 20 percent of the population lived in towns. Around this time, London's population is estimated to have been 60–80,000. Although unimpressive by today's standards (medieval London was something like one percent of today's population), this made it the largest city in England. Trade and commerce grew steadily during the Middle Ages, and London grew rapidly as a result. In 1100 London's population was little more than 15,000. By 1300 it had grown to roughly 80,000. Trade in London was organised into various guilds, which effectively controlled the city, and elected the Lord Mayor of London.

BLACK DEATH:      After the Black Death in 1348–50, which killed a third or more of the population, the pace of change quickened. Some towns shrank and others grew.

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