Urbanisation
What Urbanisation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Rapid urban growth with overcrowded urban centres, poor living conditions in tenements, the growth of political machines and expansion of the industrial workforce.
The urban elite and merchants prospered through increased trade privileges, while towns gained self-governance through the purchase of royal charters.
The growth of towns and cities, especially in regions like the Rhineland, Saxony and the Hanseatic League, driven by trade, crafts and finance.
The rapid development of towns, stimulated by royal charters granting borough status, which allowed self-government and trading privileges.
Growth especially in London, which fostered professional and merchant classes such as lawyers, doctors, financiers and overseas traders.
Population growth intensified urban development, with London expanding and market towns growing as service centres.
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- 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 – The struggle for Royal Authority, 1174–1189 (AQA A-Level)
- Conditions in early sixteenth- century Germany (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Social and intellectual challenge, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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