There are three theories to explain the emergence of towns in Europe. One theory states that towns began as fortifications against Viking attacks. The second theory says towns started when merchants engaging in long distance trade would settle outside the walls of a fort. The third explanation claims that large cathedrals and monasteries had schools in them and would attract students from all around. Traders would settle near these churches and the population would grow. …showed first 75 words of 541 total…

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