Medieval commune
European commune in the Middle Ages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms) among the citizens of a town or city. These took many forms and varied widely in organization and makeup.
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Communes are first recorded in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, thereafter becoming a widespread phenomenon. They had greater development in central-northern Italy, where they became city-states based on partial democracy.[1][2] At the same time in Germany they became free cities, independent from local nobility.