Intriguing blog. We look at medieval towns/villages at GCSE and it blows their minds how small everything was in terms to population.
My students live in a mini new town of no importance. Yet it has a population of the biggest medieval city.
My students live in a mini new town of no importance. Yet it has a population of the biggest medieval city.
Reposted from
The Urban History Group
'A non-agricultural economy can certainly be seen as the distinction between urban and rural. However, boundaries between agricultural villages and commercial towns were far from clear-cut in the medieval era'
Joe Chick asks, 'What is a town?'
#skystorians #medievalsky #urbanhistory
Joe Chick asks, 'What is a town?'
#skystorians #medievalsky #urbanhistory
Comments