LATE MIDDLE AGES
Economic development
Was influenced by
various factors
sacking and invasions
to the
foreign lands
came to
an end
agriculture production
increased
trade developed
Agriculture
production increased
population grew
Increased in trade
more goods
were produced
which were
traded
more handmade goods
were produced
so the
craftmanship developed.
Trade and craftsmanship
circulation of
money increased
money changers
in the city,
calculated the
equivalent value
of different
types of money
depending on
what were
they made of
and
how much
it weighed
promissory notes appeared
which were
documents assigned
to a
particular person
in place
of money
loans
they granted
to bussiness
with goood
prospects.
Bankers lent
money in
exchange
for interest
and increased
their
economic power.
There were
permanent shops
and in
one day
of the week
there were
markets
in the
main square
with travelling
traders' stalls
traders and craftsmen
created associations
to protect
their interests.
Urban population
Petite bourgeoisie
were small scales
traders and craftmen
Lower nobility
the hidalgos
who were
people from
the nobility
who didn't
have
economic resources
Urban clergy
the mendicant
orders appeared
such as the
Franciscans and
the Dominicans.
They lived austerely
renouncing any
material possesion
because they
tried to
teach by example.
The Jews
they were
discriminated
and they
lived in
separately neighbourhoods
called
jewish quarters.
They worked as
doctors
traders
bankers
craftsmen
Wealthy bourgeoisie
were the
richest families
who worked as
traders and
bankers.
Other inhabitants
of the city
they were
a very
diverse group
of people
including
servant, salves
and beggars.
They made
their living
by
the rest
of the
inhabitants of
the city
or
lived of charity
Upper nobility
they lived
in palaces
They continued
to lived off
the income
their lands
provided
Life in the city
Buldings
main ones
the townhall
the church
The exchange
where trade
agreements
were made.
most important
cities had
hospital
university
cathedral
public baths
fortifications
Houses and palaces
richest inhabitants
lived in
palaces made
of stone.
rest of the population
lived in
houses made of
adobe
wood
straw
stone
Divided in neighbourhoods
according to
Religion
Economic activity
like
Jewish quarters
Muslim quarters
there were
neighbourhoods and streets
for specific
tradesmen.
Problems in the medieval cities
There were
frequent fires
Abscence of hygene
which contributed
to the
spread of
diseases
and
epidemics.
that caused
devastation.
Political changes
Monarchs got money
from the taxes
obtained from
urban trade.
Monarchs benifeted
the cities
by granting
them 'fueros'.
City governements
could administer
matters that
were previously
carried out
by the
feudal lord
Consequences
Cities were
freed from
feudal system
Urban representatives
were integrated
into the
parliament.
Some cities
became powerful
as a
result of
commercial prosperity.
Venice
Milan
Genoa
Parliament or cortes
was a
representative assembly
that advised
the monarch
and vote
on the
introduction of
new taxes
It included
representatives of
the three
states
Nobility
Clergy
Bourgeoisie and peasants.
Estates General in France
Parliament in England
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Monarchs became
more powerful
Crisis of Late Middle ages.
Political
social
and economic
crisis
caused by
Agricultural crisis
Black Death
bad harvest
decreased in
agricultural production
malnutrition
and
hunger.
it affected
1/3 of the
european population
and it
reduced
agricultural and
urban workforce
Wars
nobility tried
to compensate
their loses
by fighting
against other
nobles
in order
to seize
their lands
and richest
Hundred Years' War
Tax increases
worsened the
economic situation
of
the peasants
and
the petite bourgeoisie
Peasant revolts
against the
feudal lords.
They rebelled
against the
abuses of
the feudal lords.
Urban revolts.
they rose up
againts the
leaders of
the cities
who monopolised
the political
power and
held most
of the
wealth.
Religious persecutions
Persecution of the Jews
Persecution of converts
were acused
of being
false converts
their neighbourhoods
were attacked
sacked and
they were
killed