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The medieval city of Anger was born when bourgs had appeared around Roman civitas and been combined by wall. In Middle Ages Angers became focal point of more or less clearly defined local regions and was the center of the local commerce as well as the long-distance and inter-regional trade. In the economic life of the citizen in Angers, it seems that at least in the first stage the local commerce between the city and its countryside was more important than the international commerce. Although commercial wealth was becoming more important, the wealthy citizen diversified their investments, combing the quick return of commerce with the security associated with landowning. So, wealthy patriciens had begun to buy up landed properties as early as the twelfth century. They expanded their rural interests in response to social unrest and economic instability. The onset of large land investment by wealthy citizen came in a period of high grain price. They found a secure investment for surplus capital in the rural environs' land. Besides a landed estate offered more than mere economic diversification. Wealthy and powerful bourgeois saw in their own acquisition of land a mean for attaining the leisurely life inherent in their ambitions. Moreover for wealthy citizens it was a first step toward an elevation of status and ultimate upward mobility into the traditional noble. Social status and often political rights such as control of the municipal council was tied to landownership. In conclusion, the relationship between city and countryside during the Middle Ages was much more closer than was once thought.