4.3 cities begin to trade

Chapter 5: Late Middle Ages
5.3 New cities begin to trade (page 101)
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Chapter 5: Late Middle Ages
5.3 New cities begin to trade (page 101)

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This lesson
summarize last lesson in a note
Read page 101 "the cities return" plus explanation
make workook 5.23 question 3,4 or  work on your presentation

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So why should you not look up when someone shouts at you from above in Edingburgh?

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People make more food than they needed.
People start to sell extra food at markets
New inventions make it possible to make more food
Markets slowly gro w into towns

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So cities start to grow because there is more food.

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Heavy iron plow

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Note 5.3
After the year 1.000 the amount of food produced grows, because of:
  • New inventions like a better plough 
  • cultivating more land  
The food that is left over is sold at markets (usually at road/river crossings)
Markets grow into cities

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Craftsmen and guilds
  • In the cities, people started to trade all kinds of products
  • Other people started to learn a craft. They specialised in different areas. For instance, blacksmithing, leatherworking, shoemaking, baker, carpenter.
  • To make things easier for new craftsmen, they often gathered in guilds. Guilds were associations of people who had the same job. 

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5.2: City Rights
Most cities were under the rule of a lord, who, in return, was under the rule of the king. 

--> Cities grew to large proportions. Rulers wanted more influence and power

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City Rights
Burghers (free people) wanted something in return for paying high taxes. 
--> Lords and burghers came to an agreement 
--> Cities received city rights 

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Examples of city rights
  • Right to organise markets
  • Right to build city walls
  • Right to collect money from merchants
  • Right to punish criminals
  • Right to produce their own currency/coins
  • Right to store goods and sell them without permission of the lord.

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Low countries lords still hold control by:
  • Appointing a schout (representative of the lord) 
    --> He kept everything in check and was announced leader of the schepenen. 
  • Appointing Schepenen
    --> Group of people that controlled the city. 
    --> Tasks like solving crimes / judging criminals / collecting taxes etc.

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