372 THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE EXERCISES AND READINGS French Towns. Bemont and Monod, Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270; chap, xxm (pp. 375-90), on the rise of French towns. Give Day, A History of Commerce (1907); pp. 31-78 deal with the rise of trade from the year 1000 on, with maps at pp. 58 and 66 illustrating the tolls on the Loire and the fairs of Champagne. Luchaire, Social France at the Time of Philip Augustus (English transla- tion by Krehbiel, 1912); pp. 404-15 on the emancipation of the peas- ants; pp. 415-28 on the towns and burgher class. Giry and Reville, Emancipation of the Medieval Towns (English trans- lation by Bates and Titsworth, 1907); a pamphlet of 67 pages dealing mainly with French towns. European History Studies, ed. F. M. Fling, vol. II, no. 8, "The Rise of Cities"; six source selections on the communes and town charters of northern France. Compare the three charters of Lorris, Soissons, and Beauvais. Flemish and Dutch Towns. See the reading in Blok's History of the People of the Netherlands at the close of chapter xvii. German Towns. Munro and Sellery, Medieval Civilization, pp. 358-65; an English trans- lation of Lamprecht's passage on city life in Germany. W. King, Chronicles of Three Free Cities (1914); pp. 314-26 on Wisby and Liibeck. Thatcher and McNeal, Source Book for Medieval History, PP- 59 2- 6°4» charters and laws of German towns; pp. 604-12, leagues and agreements of German towns; pp. 574-78, Jews in German towns. The Jews in the Middle Ages. Jacobs, Jews of Angevin England, pp. ix-xxii, usury and relations of the Jews and the king; PP- 3°7 -I 6, Jewish business and deeds; PP- 337-42. manners and customs.
