What were the towns in medieval Europe?

Answer 1

Scocieties built on manor's or trade routes for trade and commerce. Merchants helped settle towns because they usually lived where they sold their goods. People did not come out of their houses because they were to scared in the village, because the knights would threghten them and tell them to die. The Knights and king were cruel because they left the people to starve.

Answer 2

The medieval era lasted for such a long time that population figures increased and decreased several times. Domesday Book (1086) was the only nationwide survey taken during the period and even this is incomplete and does not include the entire population, so we can only estimate figures:

In 1000 the population may have been around 2,000,000

In 1100 the population may have been almost 3,000,000

In 1200 it may have been almost 4,000,000

In 1300 it may have been around 5,000,000 or even 6,000,000

In 1400 it had dropped to around 2,500,000

In 1500 it was down to around 2,000,000

It is interesting to note that just after the Norman Conquest in 1066 around 2.5 million English people were ruled by around 7,000 Norman aristocrats (perhaps 40,000 if their immediate families are included).

The dramatic fall in population at the time of the Black Death (1348 - 1350) is clearly shown, but the numbers seem to continue to fall even after that time.

Answer 3

The distinguishing feature of a medieval town was usually that it had a permanent market. This separated it from a village, which might have a fair from time to time, but had no permanent market.

In order to sustain a permanent market, a town had to have places for the merchants and trades people of the market to live. It also had to have places for travelers to stay, since traders and itinerant craftsmen were important to the market. It had to have the normal sorts of shops that villages had, butchers, bakers, and so on. It nearly always had a public bath.

There was no legal definition of a town in terms of the size of its population. Rather the definition was usually in terms of a charter for the market. But we can see that it would have had to have a population that went into the hundreds of people, at least.

Answer 4

"Medieval Europe" covers a broad range of time, so no single answer can be given. In addition, only estimates are available; and these range from 250,000 (13th century CE) to 400,000 (around 1750 CE).See also:

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Answer 5

Of all Europe around the 12th century, perhaps 50-60 million.

Answer 6

It probably rose from under 5% to nearly 10% over the course of the Middle Ages.

Answer 7

Im not sure about this but i heard that almost everybody knew each other so it should be around 100. but, if you are talking about a village outside of a castle then it would be about 700.