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Urban Life Flourishes
Why might lack of hygiene have been more of a problem in towns and cities than in the country?
There was no sewers, so most people dumped households dumped waste in the street in front of their house.
The streets were narrow, and filled with animals and animal waste.
Many people never bathed, and houses lacked fresh air, light, and clean water.
Houses were a constant fire hazard due to being built out of wood with thatched roofs.
If so many people were moving to town, why wouldn't they try to find a solution to the bigger lack of hygiene in the towns and cities?
Urban
The people were coming out of a feudal era, and with trade increasing people started to become drawn to the towns. People were no longer content in the tiny villages or on manors anymore.
What attracted Europeans to towns in the Middle Ages?
Trade - trade was the lifeblood of new towns, which sprung up ports and crossroads on hilltops, and along rivers
As trade grew, towns all over Europe swelled with people.
The excitement and bustle of towns drew many people into towns.
What were the effects on towns after the huge growth in numbers of populations in those towns?
People were no longer content with their old feudal existence on manors and tiny villages.
Even though they were bound to their Lord's manor, serfs ran away to towns since they were no longer content
would be cinsidered "free" if they lived within a town for a year and a day.
Merchant Class shifts the social order
Merchants did not fit into the medieval social order
Feudal lords used their authority to levy fees, taxes, and rent
Burghers organized themselves and demanded privileges
Burghers: Merchant-class town dwellers
They demanded freedom from certain tolls and the right to govern the town
Sometimes, they fought their landlords and took these rights by force
Why were changes in the Financial Services necessary to expand trade?