Tag: city walls

City gate in Iphofen, Germany

Medieval City Structure and True Crime History

City Gates & the Hue and Cry Trapped! It wasn’t easy for a criminal to escape from a walled city. In my last blog post, we looked at how the hue and cry – the victim’s cry for help – brought townsfolk out onto the streets to start chasing the...

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