Cameron is quick to point out that the 'process of social polarization occurred in many west European urban communities between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries' (Cameron 57). ... However, those engaged in non-luxury crafts in cities involved in long-distance trade might fall foul of merchant-entrepreneurs. ... For instance Rome had doubled its size by 1600, as successive Popes rebuilt the city as a counter reformation pilgrimage centre. ... This was partially through counter reformation tactics but also through controlling trade with the spanish west indies, Sevill...

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