1. Economic Expansion and Change
Chapter 8 Section 4
Economic Expansion and Change

2. The High Middle Ages
is the period known “The High Middle Ages”
Result of new farming technologies such as the : Plow, Harness, and Windmills

3. 3 Field System
A system of farming which uses 3 different fields during each year
Field 1 would have grain planted in it
Field 2 would have peas and beans
Field 3 would not have anything planted in it
Done to let the nutrients back into the ground in field 3

5. Why technology is important
Increase in food = increase in population
From the population in Europe more then doubled

6. New Towns Small centers of trade evolved into small cities
Ranged from 10,000 to 100,000 people
Italy and Flanders had the most prosperous textile industries
Charters: written document that set out the rights and privileges of the town
Merchants paid the lord or king a lot of $ for a charter

7. Commercial Revolution
More trade = More $
Merchants need CAPITAL: money for investments
Started a need for banking houses
Groups of merchants started pooling their money for large investments
Insurance started

8. Social Changes Money undermined serfdom
Pay in rent not in farm animals
The middle class arises

9. The Role of Guilds A guild is an association
Each guild looked out for its own trades
Such as merchants or skilled crafts work
Guilds made rules to ensure the quality of their goods
What does the guild remind you of today?

10. How do you become a member of a guild?
Had to work years as an apprentice: trainee
Almost never became a guild master or had your won shop

11. Woman and Guilds
Often engaged in the same guilds as her father or husband
Woman dominated some trades

12. City life Protected by city walls Narrow streets and tall houses
No garbage collections or sewer systems