TRADE & THE GROWTH OF TOWNS THE MIDDLE AGES TRADE & THE GROWTH OF TOWNS
BY 1300, MANY EUROPEAN TOWNS WERE GROWING INTO CITIES Paris grew to a population of 300,000 Largest city in the world
CAUSES OF TOWN GROWTH Trade grew so that market towns became larger Traders gathered at convenient places for travelers such as river crossings & highways Manors were overcrowded
EFFECTS OF TOWN GROWTH Lords allowed peasants to buy their freedom to move to towns A new middle class grew, made up of merchants & trader Cathedral schools attracted scholars & became centers of learning Diseases (bubonic plague) spread quickly in towns
BUBONIC PLAGUE Black Plague or Black Death Killed 1/3 of Europe’s population (1347-1350) Transmitted from by fleas from infected rats Causes spots of blood which turned black under the skin Left a shortage of workers
GUILDS Union of tradesmen that maintained work standards & set prices Apprentice-Journeyman-Guildsman Eventually led in struggle for independence & help govern towns
MEDIEVAL CULTURE Growth of cathedral schools
MEDIEVAL CULTURE Beautiful Cathedrals
MEDIEVAL CULTURE EXAMPLES OF CHIVALRY Chivalry- code of conduct that knights were to live by Thou shalt believe all the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions Thou shalt never lie, and shall remain faithful to thy pledged word Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil
MEDIEVAL CULTURE Troubadours- musicians & poets traveled from place to place Told about brave deeds of knights to win the love of a lady