1. Trade and Revival Across Europe

2. EUROPE
The Medieval Period = 500 CE – 1450 CE
Characteristics?

3. Medieval Europe Disunified Focus on religion Large majority rural
Feudal Economic (manors) and Social (vassal-lord) Systems

4. Magna Carta, 1215: ENGLAND
English Kings had the most difficulty centralizing control
“Great Charter”
Kings had to consult a council of advisors to tax
Rights of nobles (lords)
Limited kings power

5. Sparks for Change
Black death fewer workers, higher wages, breakdown of Feudal system, need for innovation
Printing Press cheap books, spread of literacy, undermines church/priest authority
Fall of Constantinople/Mongol Empires
need for alternate routes to luxury goods

7. The Black Death- a fatal sickness
that began it’s spread across
Europe in 1347.
Symptoms-swelling of the lymph
nodes in both the armpits and groin.
Heart would beat wildly, trying to pump blood through the swollen tissues in the infected body.
The nervous system started to collapse, causing dreadful pain and bizarre movements of the arms and legs.
As death neared, the mouth gaped open and the skin of the sick began to blacken, caused from internal bleeding.
On the fifth day of being infected, death.

8. Important Changes
Increase in urban centers-towns Trading cities like Venice & Hanseatic League cities along the Baltic
Universities
Technological innovations (water wheels, three-field system)

9. Hanseatic League Cities

10. Brugge, Modern Belgium, connects to the Baltic
Venice, Italy connects to the Mediterranean

11. Trade Diasporas
As trade revived in Europe and intensified elsewhere, diasporic communities formed
Diaspora = “to scatter”
Most famous example: the Jewish Diaspora
After a failed rebellion in about 100 CE, Jews were required to “scatter” from Jerusalem
This migration formed huge networks of families and communities across the globe
The natural result were networks of trade