1. Changes in Medieval Society
World History
Chapter 14.2

2. Growing Food Supply HOW? Warmer climate
Horses instead of oxen (faster)
3-Field System (2/3 of land used instead of half)
EFFECT:
Population increased (well fed, healthier)

3. Three – Field System

4. The Guilds
Association of people who worked at the same occupation (like a union) working to improve econ. and social conditions
Controlled
Wages
Prices
Trade in towns

5. The Guilds First guilds were Merchants
Enforced standards of quality (sizes, weights, etc)
Trained apprentices
Influenced governments & economy

6. Craft Guilds Masons Carpenters Painters Cloth Makers Tanners
Blacksmith
Butcher
Plaster maker
Saddle/Harness maker
Bakers
Shoemakers, or cobblers
Apothecaries
Candle makers
Cheese maker
Rope maker
Gold/Silversmith
Potter

7. Trade and Finance Expand
Trade occurs in towns
Now people aren’t self-sufficient
Usury
Lending money with interest
Sin according to Church
Merchants and artisans get loans to expand businesses  led to Financial Revolution

8. Urban Splendor Reborn Towns increase in population
serfs run away from manor
Challenges feudalism
Towns built haphazardly
No sewage system
fire hazardous housing
narrow streets

12. Revival of Learning Universities began in cities
Writers writing in vernacular (everyday language of their homeland) rather than Latin
Scholars gain knowledge from Muslims
Thomas Aquinas said religion can be proven by logic

13. Assignment
Complete the Guild & Commercial Revolution Worksheet