Cities



 Cities and Towns in the middle ages were very different from how they are now. Many things have changed in the years. In the middle ages cathedrals were very big parts in everyone's lives, everybody had such big beliefs for so many different things. During the 600's and 700's the church took over more and more land until it was almost completely gone.

Around the late 1100's, fairs were held in the main parts of France. Paris had as many as 200,000 people in it. In 13,000 towns such as Florence, Venice, and Milan had more than 100,000 people. Constantinople is one of the greatest and biggest European cities in the middle ages. Later on in European cities and towns, some cities became poor over time and others became richer over time. One popular thing back in the Middle Ages was a defensive wall. The defensive walls were used to protect the town or city from anyone or anything that might attack it. Up to the 1000's the walls and towers were probably the tallest buildings in medieval times.

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 * Schinkel, Karl Fredrich. “File: Karl Fredrich Schinkel- Medieval Town by Water.jpg.” Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundations, 25 Feb. 2009. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. .
 * “Towns and Cities.” Medieval World. Ed. Sally McEarchern. Vol. 7. Danbury, CT: Grolier Education, 2001. 12-17. Print.

K.V.