This is part of a a collection of summaries on the fourteenth century.
| Size of Cities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| >100K | Paris, Florence, Venice, Genoa. | T | |
| >50K | Ghent, Bruge, Milan, Bologna, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Cologne. | Almost London. | T |
| >20K | London, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier, Marseilles, Lyons, Barcelona, Seville, Toledo, Siena, Pisa, others in Italy, various Hanseatic ports. | London and York only >10K in England. | T |
| Paris | 15K taxpayers. | 1292 | T |
| Paris | 75K. | After black death. | T |
| Size of Populations | |||
| England 1346 | 4M | Excludes Wales? | T |
| France 1346 | 10M to 21M | Excludes eastern modern France? | T |
| Italy | 10M to 11M | Before Black Death. | T |
| "Europe" 1346 | 60M | Inferred from Black Death losses one-third equals 20M. | T |
| "Europe" 1380 | 36M | Inferred from 60% of 1346 level. | T |
| "Europe" 1400 | 30M | Inferred from 50% of 1346 level. | T |
| Village | 666 | Typical, Spanish. | D |
| Nobility (France) | |||
| Numbers | 200K | "More than one percent." | T |
| Families | 40K to 50K | Extinguished 50% per century. | T |
| Agriculture | |||
| Area Needed | 1 acre per person. | Subsistence. | T |
| Size of Armies | |||
| Siege of Calais | 32K combatant, 60K to 80K total. | Includes supply fleet. | T |
| Main English Army, 1346 | 4K men at arms, 10K archers, plus Irish and Welsh. | Also an army in Gascony, and forces in England. | T |
| Fief Holder | 20 to 50. | D | |
| Lesser Noble | 100 to 500. | D | |
| Magnate | 1000 to 5000. | D | |
| Poitiers | 16K French, 8K Anglo-Gascon. | T | |
| Typical Mercenary Company | 900 | Italian Condottieri, 300 lances of 3. | D |
| Size of Fleets | |||
| Sluys | 250 English, 500 French. | English concentrated in 10 days. | D |
| Damme | 200 English, 400 French. | D | |
| Normal | 50, rarely 100. | T | |
| Mobilisation Obligations (France) | |||
| Towns | 1 Soldier per 100 or 200 to 300 hearths. | In addition to nobility. Often money ("scutage") instead. | T |
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