There is strength in numbers and even more so in loyal allegiance. The commune benefited those with less and to strengthen their group or village. I would surmise that up to the time of communes, there was alot of destruction to small communities and we all know that sometimes to protect we need to group!
Medieval communes were walled towns or cities that were usually run by mercantile organizations or the citizens themselves. Most were in Italy or Germany. I don't know whether free cities in the Hanseatic League count as communes, but they might.
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Tried to unite the people into a super human effort by making huge communes (modern industry). Poor management and lack of resources for the communes led to a great failure. Also, their was much less farmers because they had to work in the communes, and with a drought on top it led to a famine in china that killed 40-55 million people.
The word commune comes from two Latin words meaning together and wall. The communes were cities or towns that were walled for defense by organizations that were neither based on the church nor the nobility, and so were usually mercantile. Some of them used a primitive form of democracy for government.
They were fighting for a cause. Not like today's "hippys" It was so they could obtain an ecofriendly community and live together and share everything
Denmark has 98 communes.
Loci Communes was created in 1543.
The cast of The Year of the Communes - 1970 includes: Rod Steiger as Narrator
Communes
Medieval communes were walled towns or cities that were usually run by mercantile organizations or the citizens themselves. Most were in Italy or Germany. I don't know whether free cities in the Hanseatic League count as communes, but they might.
The Israelites communicated using Ambassadors.
To answer a question we need a who, where, what, when, where, and how. Your question leaves out who.
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Communes
Communes often struggled due to a lack of centralized authority and coordination, leading to inefficiencies and conflicts among members. The idealistic goals of communal living sometimes clashed with human nature, resulting in disagreements over resource distribution and decision-making. Additionally, many communes faced economic challenges, making it difficult to sustain themselves without external support. Ultimately, these factors contributed to the dissolution or failure of many communes.
The Gazette Des Communes is available either by subscription to the website or by a daily e-mail newsletter. The website provides infomation, news and job searches.
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