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Towns drew people to them in part because they offered a richer and more varied social life. The strength of the attraction varied from period to period, but between 1500 and 1700 the pull seemed to be strengthening for both rich and poor. There was an urban dimension to the social process which came from the greater frequency of contact between people of all ranks.
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Jack, S.M. (1996). Social Structure and Social Experience in the Town. In: Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain. Social History in Perspective. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24956-5_2
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