How was town life back in medieval times?

Town Life. F ollowing 1000, peace and order grew. As a result, peasants began to expand their farms and villages further into the countryside. The earliest ... read more

Crowded. Towns were far more densely populated than they are now, with large families living and working in small closely packed houses and narrow streets. Noisy. read more

The English, Belgians, Germans, and Dutch took their coal, timber, wood, iron, copper, and lead to the south and came back with luxury items such as wine and olive oil. With the advent of trade and commerce, feudal life declined. read more

Most people in Medieval England were village peasants but religious centres did attract people and many developed into towns or cities. Outside of London, the largest towns in England were the cathedral cities of Lincoln, Canterbury, Chichester, York, Bath, Hereford etc. read more