Monasteries and Secular Lords Often Supported the Founding of Towns

question 64

Multiple Choice

Monasteries and secular lords often supported the founding of towns in their territories because:

• A)they saw the economic advantages of having towns in their territory.
• B)having towns was a way of competing with other lords and monasteries for prestige.
• C)they needed a place for excess workers to live.
• D)they were places of high cultural and intellectual life.
• E)they were convenient places for manorial courts to meet.

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