Liudmila,the author of Vacation and Travel Talks from Salerno Italy wrote a great post today,hereby a quick excerpt All those were normal rules of city building in Europe in that time to protect residents from the bandits of all sorts. The life was too dangerous. Every family had more than 10 children and when they were big, the family has not possibilities to give them to eat, to give them a house ecc. So all those man without earth and money made their fortune in the way they could. Mostly killing others to take their goods and soil.
Complete story and colorful pictures please read here