FRANCE AND BRITIAN WERE OVERWHELMINGLY AGRARIAN/MOST PEOPLE FOUND IT HARD TO FEED THEMSELVES/THERE WAS NOT MUCH SURPLUS AVAILABLE EITHER FOR THE GROWING TOWNS OR FOR THE LUXURIES OF A MINORITY/LAND WAS THE MAIN SOURCE OFWEALTH/THE OWNERSHIP OF LAND WAS THE BEST MEANS TO ECONOMIC SECURITY AND SOCIAL PRESTIGE/MOST TOWNS EXISTED PRIMARILY AS MARKETS,SOME WERE ALSO CENTRES OF LAW COURTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT/THE MEN WHO MATTERED MOST WERE JUDGES AND ROYAL OFFICIALS/MOST INDUSTRY CONSISTED OF HANDICRAFTS-OFTEN CARRIED ON BY PART TIME FARMERS OR THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN/LARGE-SCALE ENTERPRISES AS EXISTEDWERE USUALLY THE CREATION OF THE GREAT LANDOWNERS-SITUATED ON THEIR ESTATES/MAIN POINT OF GROWTH WAS OVERSEAS TRADE/COMMUNICATIONS WERE TOO POOR FOR A SURPLUS IN ONE AREA TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN A DISTANCE PROVINCE/HARVESTS WERE BAD THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER WAS A PRECARIOUS BUSINESS AS VAGRANTS DRIFTED INTO RURAL BANDITRY/VIOLENCE WAS ALSO ENDEMIC IN THE POORER QUARTERS OF THE TOWNS WHERE LIFE WAS BRUTAL AND PRECAROUS.
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