Monasteries and Secular Lords Often Supported the Founding of Towns

Multiple Choice

Monasteries and secular lords often supported the founding of towns in their territories because:

A) they saw the economic advantages of having towns in their territory.
B) having towns was a way of competing with other lords and monasteries for prestige.
C) they needed a place for excess workers to live.
D) they were places of high cultural and intellectual life.
E) they were convenient places for manorial courts to meet.