How Did the Development of Towns Drive the Evolution of Medieval

question 38

Multiple Choice

How did the development of towns drive the evolution of medieval society?

• A)Towns made possible a class of free people,able to travel and choose their occupation.
• B)By reducing the number of laborers raising food,towns made life on isolated farms more difficult.
• C)Towns gave merchants a place to meet and trade,which they had lacked before towns emerged.
• D)By concentrating more people in fortified towns,wars between European states became more difficult to wage.
• E)The tendency of serfs to flee into towns made lords hostile to such cultures,increasing internal tensions.

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