6.3 Development of new cities

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6.3 Development of new cities

During the Late Middle Ages more and more cities developed and they started trading with eachother.

A typical medieval cog (type of ship)

Which two types of power were given by God according to the church?

1. Secular and political
2. Political and spiritual
3. Spiritual and secular
4. Spiritual and religious

What was the main point of conflict between the pope and the emperors?

What does it mean that the pope excommunicated the emperor?

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you...

• understand how a growth in population led to urbanisation.
• understand how living in cities resulted in more people specializing.
• know how cities worked together in the Hansaetic League.

The Italian city of Genoa was one of the few early medieval European cities

Italian city of Venice (Venetië)

Most people in Europe lived on domains/ small villages

In the Early Middle Ages the population of Rome declined from 1.000.000 to 20.000 around the year 700 AD. That means that the population declined around 98%.

London and Paris had even less than 20.000 inhabitants.

Increased food production

• After 1000 AD food production increased because:

1.  Three-field system= switching between Fallow land, summer grain and winter grain.
2. The invention of  the heavy plough.

Urbanisation

• =People move from the countryside to towns and cities. 
• Cause 1: A surplus of food that results in population growth.
• Cause 2: Less people needed for farming.

Specialisation

• In cities people specialised in a craft.
• Such as: blacksmiths, shoemakers, bakers and carpenters.
• Craftsmen with the same craft joined together in guilds. 

Every city had a bakers guild

What medieval guild would you join?

Guilds

• Organised the training of new craftsmen.
• Regulated working hours, prices and the quality of products.
• Helped each other when someone was ill or died. 

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Hanseatic League

• =Powerful network of trading cities.
• Baltic, German, Danish and Dutch cities. 
• Trade played a large role in the Late Middle Ages.

What modern day organisation/league could you compare to the Hanseatic League?

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you...

• understand how a growth in population led to urbanisation.
• understand how living in cities resulted in more people specializing.
• know how cities worked together in the Hansaetic League.

6.3 Development of new cities

During the Late Middle Ages more and more cities developed and they started trading with eachother.

A typical medieval cog (type of ship)