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1 TRADE & THE GROWTH OF TOWNS
THE MIDDLE AGES TRADE & THE GROWTH OF TOWNS

2 BY 1300, MANY EUROPEAN TOWNS WERE GROWING INTO CITIES
Paris grew to a population of 300,000 Largest city in the world

3 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

4 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

5 BUBONIC PLAGUE Black Plague or Black Death
Killed 1/3 of Europe’s population ( ) Transmitted from by fleas from infected rats Causes spots of blood which turned black under the skin Left a shortage of workers

6 GUILDS Union of tradesmen that maintained work standards & set prices
Apprentice-Journeyman-Guildsman Eventually led in struggle for independence & help govern towns

7 MEDIEVAL CULTURE Growth of cathedral schools

8 MEDIEVAL CULTURE Beautiful Cathedrals

9 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

10 MEDIEVAL CULTURE Troubadours- musicians & poets traveled from place to place Told about brave deeds of knights to win the love of a lady

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