The economic, social and
political dissimilarities in late medieval cities precipitate themselves
partially in residential areas of late medieval cities. But against all
tendencies of spatial segregation of the social strata or classes and in
contradiction of the process to distinguish districts in the 15th century it was normal, that persons with a very different social
background lived together in a crowded fashion. This does not mean that there
were no concentrations of poorer inhabitants or of crafts in the outskirts
of towns. But, for example, members of agricultural crafts did usually not live
there because they were poor, they lived there as it was professionally useful.
And on the other side, many persons of lower classes lived in city centres near
the local dignitaries and the most wealthy citizens. In the 16th century there are no significant changes.
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