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Late middle ages (URBAN POPULATION (urban clergy: (Franciscans and…
Late middle ages
URBAN POPULATION
upper nobility
wealthy bourgeoisie
urban clergy:
Franciscans and Dominicans.
petite bourgeoisie:
traders and craftsmen.
lower nobility:
hidalgos
Jews:
The crisis of the Late Middle Ages
agricultural crisis:
bad harvests
malnutrition and hunger.
decrease in agricultural production
Epidemics
Black Death.
It killed nearly 1/3 of the European population
Tax increases:
worsened the economic situation
peasants
petite bourgeoisie.
Peasant revolts
against the feudal lords
abuses of the feudal lords.
increasing taxes
prohibiting the peasants from leaving the fiefdom.
urban revolves
against the leaders
political power and held most of the wealth.
also rebelled against the taxes
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Persecution of the Jews
their neighbourhoods were attacked
The persecution of converts
they were accused of being false converts
LIFE IN THE CITY
Houses and palaces
The richest inhabitants lived in luxurious palaces
The rest of the population lived in buildings made of adobe
Buildings
the town hall and the church.
The exchange,
divided into neighbourhoods
Religion
Economic activity
Problems in Medieval cities
fires in the houses
absence of hygiene.
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Increase in trade:
more goods
produced,
economic power of the cities
grew
aparition of bourgeoisie
craftmanship
Promissory notes
Circulation of money increased
Loans
Permanent shops
Political changes
CONSEQUENCES
Cities were freed from the feudal system
commercial prosperity
Urban representatives were
integrated into the parliament,
THE PARLIAMENT OR CORTES
representatives of the three estates
peasant
bourgeoisie
clergy
nobles
Economic and social
transformations
was a period of economic development
factors
Sackings and invasions
Agricultural production
increased.
Agricultural production
increased.
Trade developed.