Assignment Task: The Rise of Towns
Readings:
Text: The textbook for the course is McKay, John P., et al. A History of Western Society: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment, Twelth Edition, Volume I. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2017. pp. 272-274, 297-317
Reserves: The Commune of Florence, "A Sumptuary Law: Restriction on Dress" (1373)
1. What factors accounted for the rise of towns? Did the growth of towns and increased vitality of trade strengthen or pose a threat to the medieval social order?
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