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THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (POLITICAL CHANGES (CONSEQUENCES (Some cities became…
THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Period of economid development
FACTORS
Agricultural production increased
Population grew
Trade developed
End of sackings and invasions
AGRICULTURE
Increase
production
Population grew
Increase in
trade
Craftmanship developed
Economic power of the cities
grew
Cities were known as
Boroughs
Inhabitants were called
Bourgeoisie
TRADE AND CRAFTSMEN
Circulation of money
increased
PROMISSORY NOTES
Documents in place of money
Bankers lent money in exchange of
interest
GUILDS
Associations of traders and craftsmen
To portect their interests
PERMANENT SHOPS
Also one day a week
MARKETS
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
URBAN POPULATION
Petite bourgeoisie
Small-scale
Traders and craftsmen
Lower nobility
Hidalgos
Urban clergy
Franciscans and Dominicans
Jews
Lived in separate neighbourhoods
Jewish quarters
Wealthy bourgeoisie
The richest families
Traders and bankers
Inhabitants of the city
Very diverse group of people
Servants, slaves and beggars
Upper nobility
Lived in palaces
LIFE IN THE CITY
Buildings
Main ones
Town hall
and
church
Exchange
Trades were made
Most important cities had
Cathedral
Hospitals
Public baths
University
Fortifications
Houses and Palaces
Richest inhabitants
Luxurious palaces
Made of stone
Rest of population
Buildings
Made of adobe or wood
Neighbourhoods
Religion
Jewish quarters
Muslim quarters
Economic activity
Neighbourhoods or streets for specific tradesmen
Weavers
Blacksmiths
Dyers
Cobblers
PROBLEMS IN MEDIEVAL CITIES
Frequent fires
Abundant use of wood
As a building material
Absence of hygiene
A lot of garbage and waste on the street
POLITICAL CHANGES
Monarchs got money
From taxes of urban trade
Monarchs benefited the cities
FUEROS
City governments
Administer matters
Handing out justice
Ensuring safety
Organising markets
Collecting taxes
CONSEQUENCES
Cities were freed of feudal system
Created a parliament
Some cities became powerful
As a result of
commercial prosperity
Monarchs became powerful
Recovered their authority
THE PARLIAMENT
Representative assembly
Advised the monarch
included
representatives of the three estates
Was called
Estates General
France
Diet
Germany
Parliament
Engalnd
Cortes
Chirstian Kingdoms of Iberian Peninsula
CRISIS OF LATE MIDDLE AGES
Political, social and economic crisis, caused by various factors
Agricultural crisis
Bad harvests
Decrease in agricultural production
Malnutrition and hunger
Black Death
Killed 1/3 of European population
Affected production and commercial activity
Hundred Years' War
The nobility fought among themselves to win more lands
Tax increases
Worsened peasants and bourgeoisie economic
Peasant revolts
Againsts feudal lord
Urban revolts
Against the leaders of he cities
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Persecution of the Jews
Neighbourhoods were attacked
Sackings and killings
Persecution of converts
Accused of being false converts