economic recovery sparks change: part ii
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Economic Recovery Sparks Change: Part II . Created By: Rebecca Ferdinand, Katiana Castor and Clancy Gray. Creation of Medieval Towns and Cities . No bigger than modern towns Many towns walled in for protection Main buildings- Cathedral and Marketplace. Towns and Cities Continued…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Economic Recovery Sparks Change: Part II
Created By: Rebecca Ferdinand, Katiana Castor and Clancy Gray
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Creation of Medieval Towns and Cities
• No bigger than modern towns
• Many towns walled in for protection
• Main buildings- Cathedral and Marketplace
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Towns and Cities Continued…• People had everything needed
for life inside the walls
• Gave people a sense of unity
• Most food and water were unsanitary
• Trade was strongly discouraged
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The Rise of the middle class• Social class made by merchants
and artisans- Quickly gained economic
and political power• In regular towns merchants and
artisans were considered to be low class
- Many came from wealthy families
• This caused the merchants and artisans to become angry, therefore creating the middle class
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How the Black Death influenced the Rise of The Middle Class
• Many people died during the black death
• This left many jobs open for people that survived- Many of these people came from
middle class families• This made the middle class
extremely powerful
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Guilds• Associations of people who did the same type of work– Shoemakers Guild– Blacksmiths Guild– Weavers Guild– Bakers Guild
• It took a lot of work to be accepted into a guild– At age 7 or 8 you were taken to become an apprentice in your
area of craft– Spent 7 years learning your specific trade– They did not get paid but guild master provided them with
food and housing
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England’s Bakers guild coat of arms
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England’s pewter guild coat of arms
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Guilds continued• Guilds were formed by merchants and
artisans- Merchants dominated town life, passing laws and taxes
- Artisan eventually came to resent the merchants
- The artisans then branched of and created there own craft guilds
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Guild Rules• Guilds made rules to protect the
quality of their goods– regulated hours of labor– Set prices–every member of a guild had
to make the same product to prevent competition between other guilds
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What Guilds Provided to its Members
• Guilds provided social services
– operated schools and hospitals
– looked after the needs of their members
– provided support to the widows and orphans in the guild