Characteristics of Sixteenth-Century European Towns
Size, legal status, or presence of fortifications(walls or other defensive barriers)might seem natural criteria in defining the distinction between town and village in sixteenth-century- Europe. Ultimately, however,it was none of these, but rather “urban” functions that distinguished even the smallest towns from villages.Some villages could be relatively large. Some had their own walls. On the other hand, many towns were unfortified and lacked legal status as a town.
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