What Brought most people to towns was business- meaning trade and commerce. As Trade grew Towns did as well.
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
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in medieval towns
Bread was produced in medieval daily life.
Merchants, by selling food and goods, attracted people to move to the towns. The Medieval period is also known as the Middle Ages.
People who lived in towns could start to raise their own food
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
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Reasons for growth were improvements in agriculture and the revival of trade.
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Towns of Flanders were busy trading centers because of their strategic location at the crossroads of major trade routes in medieval Europe. The region's prosperous textile industry and the presence of wealthy merchant guilds also contributed to their economic growth and prominence as trading hubs.
Thrre reasons for growth in medivial towns are....GOOD LORDS......ALL PEASANTS AND SERFS WERE SAFE AS WITH THE LORDS AND NOBLES
Dead bodies, as well as the usual refuse which made medieval European towns and cities stink.
in medieval towns
Like their counterparts in medieval European towns, the artisans were organized into guilds.
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Medieval towns were independent by buying a royal charter.