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# Military Discipline

## Definition

The organized system of training, organization, and duty assignments that required citizens to participate in the defense of their community, typically through night watch and wall defense duties. In medieval urban contexts, military discipline represented both the practical defense requirements of walled towns and the civic obligations that accompanied urban autonomy.

## Source Chapter

Book III, Chapter 3

## Context

Smith explains how the requirement for military discipline was part of the package of privileges granted to free burghs. This obligation reflected the dual nature of urban autonomy - towns gained economic and political freedoms but also assumed responsibility for their own defense, creating a reciprocal relationship between liberty and civic duty.

## Economic Domain

Regulation

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