Town Life Flashcards
1
Q
What percentage of people lived in towns ?
A
Ten percent
2
Q
What where three key features of a town?
A
A defensive wall, a mint and a marketplace
3
Q
What where the two largest towns?
A
London (Ludenwic) around 10,000 people- great trading town but not the capital
York, Southampton and Winchester
4
Q
What sort of people lived in towns ?
A
People of higher status and more money than people from the countryside
5
Q
Give 2 similarities between a village and a town
A
- Built from the same materials ( wattle and daub)
- Crops grown in fields outside the twin by townspeople’s
6
Q
What happened in the markets ?
A
People sold a wide range of foods not made in the village such as jewelry
Some traders sold luxury goods like wine from France
