Question
Answer the following about Medieval European market towns, places with legal charters to allow vendors set up stalls and hawk their goods, for 10 points each.
[10e] Many market towns developed due to their proximity to these buildings, which were designed with moats to protect against invaders.
ANSWER: castles
[10m] In England, market towns were also periodically host to these local law courts. “Hanging” George Jeffreys presided over “Bloody” versions of these trials in 1685.
ANSWER: courts of assizes [accept Bloody Assizes]
[10h] The largest inn in a market town was often run by a person who also controlled this service. For two decades, Alexandrine von Taxis controlled this service in the Holy Roman Empire.
ANSWER: postal service [or mail; accept descriptions of delivering letters or packages; accept courier service]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - 1500-1900> ~22863~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
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