CHANGES IN MEDIEVAL SOCIETYWorld HistoryChapter 14.2

Growing Food Supply HOW?

Warmer climate Horses instead of oxen (faster) 3-Field System (2/3 of land used instead of half)

EFFECT: Population increased (well fed, healthier)

Three – Field System

The Guilds Association of people

who worked at the same occupation (like a union) working to improve econ. and social conditions

Controlled Wages Prices Trade in towns

The Guilds First guilds were

Merchants

Enforced standards of quality (sizes, weights, etc)

Trained apprentices

Influenced governments & economy

Craft Guilds Masons Carpenters Painters Cloth Makers Tanners Blacksmith Butcher Plaster maker Saddle/Harness

maker

Bakers Shoemakers, or

cobblers Apothecaries Candle makers Cheese maker Rope maker Gold/

Silversmith Potter

Trade and Finance Expand Trade occurs in towns

Now people aren’t self-sufficient

Usury Lending money with interest Sin according to Church

Merchants and artisans get loans to expand businesses led to Financial Revolution

Urban Splendor Reborn

Towns increase in population serfs run away from

manor Challenges feudalism

Towns built haphazardly No sewage system fire hazardous housing narrow streets

Revival of Learning

Universities began in cities Writers writing in vernacular

(everyday language of their homeland) rather than Latin

Scholars gain knowledge from Muslims

Thomas Aquinas said religion can be proven by logic

Assignment

Complete the Guild & Commercial Revolution Worksheet