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(What attracted Europeans to towns in the middle ages?, Trade was the very…
What attracted Europeans to towns in the middle ages?
Better farming
Take advantage to more available land
Increased food supply
Warmer climate, improved farm production
unsophisticated and tiny.
small communities became a powerful force for change in Europe.
Expansion
Increase
Trade
Trade was the very lifeblood of the new towns
The town had no sewers and the streets were bad and covered in household and human waste
Most people never bathed
Houses were fire hazards as for their roofs were made of wood and thatch
What did people do to fix these problems?
Mowns all over Europe swelled with people
Many serfs ran away from their lord and became free
People disliked their old feudal existence on manors or in tiny towns
Trade
Why were changes in financial services necessary to expand trade?
towns came under the authority of feudal lords, who used their authority to levy fees, taxes, and rents
As trade expanded, the burghers, or merchant-class town dwellers, resented this interference in their trade and commerce.
They organized themselves and demanded privileges
These rights included freedom from certain kinds of tolls and the right to govern the town.
At times they fought against their landlords and won these rights by force.
Change
Power