Name ________________________________________ Period ________ Date ____________________ Directions: Use 14.2 in your textbook to explain the results of each change/trend in medieval society. FARMING TECHNIQUES Farmers began using a new à
type of harness that fitted à
across a horse’s chest. à Using the three-­‐field system, farmers began to à
grow crops on two-­‐thirds of à
their land each year, rather à than half. RESULTS RISE OF FINANCE & TOWNS Merchant and craft guilds organize and change ways of doing business à
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à The Commercial Revolution à
changes trade and business à
practices. à As trade blossomed and farming methods improved, the population of western Europe rose from around 30M to about 42M between 1000 and 1150. As people left life on the manor for life in the towns, they challenged the traditional ways of feudal society in which everyone had a place. RESULTS à
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à Continue à RISE OF UNIVERSITIES Authors began writing in the vernacular. RESULTS à
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à Growing trade and growing à
cities brought a new à
interest in learning. à Christian scholars from Europe visited Muslim libraries in Spain, and Jewish scholars translated Arabic copies of Greek writing into Latin. à
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à How did increased trade increase the power of the kings? Why would workers now have to be paid? Why were changes in financial services necessary to expand trade? Continue à What was the effect of the development of towns on the feudal system? How is the status of a burgher determined? In today’s term what class would a burgher be? The University Briefly explain how each of the following contributed to intellectual life during the Middle Ages. ú Dante Alighieri ú Geoffrey Chaucer ú Christine de Pisan ú Thomas Aquinas What impact do you think writing in the vernacular will have? What is the impact of the scholastics? CRITICAL THINKING With a revival of learning, societal changes, the Commercial Revolution and the kings gaining power, what do you think will happen next?