europe in transition
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Europe in Transition
What technological innovations brought prosperity to Europe?
• Heavy Wheeled Plow–Better suited for deep, rocky soil
• Three-Field system–Farmers planted only 2/3 of land
each season
• Wind & water mills
What effect did these innovations have?
• Increased food production
• Increase in population
• Increase in trade
• Growth of a merchant class
• Growth of towns & cities
How did the relationship between Kings & nobles change in the 1200’s?
• Kings started collecting taxes instead of troops
• Kings used money to hire mercenaries
What problems came from the decrease in nobles’ military demands?
• Knights got bored and started fighting each other
• By the late 1100’s the church came up with a code of Chivalry to keep Christians from killing Christians
What caused the revival of intellectual life during the late 1000’s?
• Rediscovery of classical Greek & Latin texts
• Contact with Muslim culture
• Rediscovery of Aristotle
What problems did interest in Aristotle & Greek philosophy cause?
• Aristotle focused on finding truth through reason
• The church taught that truth was revealed by God & faith
How did Tomas Aquinas try to reconcile reason & faith?
• In the 1200’s came up with Scholasticism
• Tried to show reason & faith could work together to find truth