6.4 Cities fight for freedom

6.4 Cities fight for Freedom
Culemborg got its citystatus in the year 1318. Utrecht already had it since 1122. 
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6.4 Cities fight for Freedom
Culemborg got its citystatus in the year 1318. Utrecht already had it since 1122. 

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Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you...
  • understand how cities became economically and politically important.
  • understand who ruled cities in the Late Middle Ages.

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Importance of cities
  • Growth of trade -> cities became richer and more powerful.
  • Landlords gathered more taxes from cities.

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Privileges
  • Cities did not like paying taxes -> asked for privileges= special rights.
  • For example: the privilege to build a city wall, store goods, have a market or make your own coins.
Voorrechten
''Dingen die jij mag doen maar anderen niet''
The Medieval citywall of Culemborg

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Think of a reason; why would a lord give a city privileges?

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

City charter
  • The privileges (special rights for the city) were written down in a contract called a city charter
  • The rights were always given by the landlord.
City charter of Culemborg (1318)
NL: Stadsrechten
City charter of Tiel (1371)

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  • The privileges (special rights for the city) were written down in a contract called a city charter
  • The rights were always given by the landlord.
Medieval city of Tallin in modern day Estonia
Mediaval Cog ship
Gate of the most important Hanseatic city: Lübeck
Cities became more powerfull due to trade

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Self-rule of cities
  • A schepen made and upheld laws, solved crimes, kept the cities safe, collected taxes etc.
  • A schout was the head of all the schepenen.
  • The schout and schepenen ruled the cities.

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Schout: leader of the schepenen
One of the schepenen. They also functioned as police

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City People

  • Free city people were called burghers
  • There were big differences between rich and poor burghers
  • There were 3 groups of burghers:




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[6.4] Put the term and meaning together
Head of the schepenen
Special rights, often obtained by nobles or cities
Special contract with city rights
Free people who lived in cities
Schout
Burghers
Privileges
City charter

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[6.4] Who could give cityrights to a city?
A
The inhabitants of the city
B
The landlord of the area
C
The burghers (free people) of the city
D
The leader of the local church

Slide 13 - Quiz

[6.4] Which of these statements is true?
A
Cities grew in the Late Middle Ages
B
Cities became less powerfull in the Late Middle Ages
C
Serfs had more freedom than people living in cities
D
Craftsmen were the most powerfull class in medieval cities

Slide 14 - Quiz

Most powerfull
Least powerfull
Craftsmen and shopkeepers
Common workers and beggars
Merchants and masters of a guild

Slide 15 - Question de remorquage

Goals for this lesson
At the end of this lesson you...
  • understand how cities became economically and politically important.
  • understand who ruled cities in the Late Middle Ages.

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After the year 1000, cities had grown and more people started to move from the countryside to towns and cities. What is the name of this process?

Slide 17 - Question ouverte

Put in the correct order
Cities receive city rights
The three-field system is introduced
Cities become more powerful than their landlords
Marketplaces grow to become cities 
Food surpluses are exhanged

Slide 18 - Question de remorquage

Who would appoint the schepenen?
A
The people living within the city
B
The landlord
C
The king or count

Slide 19 - Quiz

A schepen is...
A
someone who possessed land in the city
B
someone appointed by the landlord to live in the city

Slide 20 - Quiz

1. Put the subject in the right area of power
Spiritual power
Both
Secular power
Church rules
Taxes in France
Choice  of bishops
Power to excommunicate
Trading with other countries

Slide 21 - Question de remorquage