PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: History Of Europe
31 Oct 2018
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Medieval cities emerged as a by-product of the feudal system. It refers to the period of re-calibration that took place after the collapse of several empires (e. g. roman empire) The fall in these empires led to the emergence of a number of small kingdoms. These kingdoms battled each other in search for land with the defeated ones having to migrate. There are several features of the medieval city including: medieval cities were small in terms of its population size. London for instances had a population of just 100,000. This is a small figure in comparison to its population today. Moreover the dimensions of medieval cities were small with the 1sq mile per 300,000 people: medieval cities had narrow and curvy streets. This meant that people could easily get lost. The lack of planning and pavements made things much more worse: medieval cities were surrounded by walls.
