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Economic Recovery Sparks Change: Part II

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….

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Economic Recovery Sparks Change: Part II

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  1. Economic Recovery Sparks Change: Part II Created By: Rebecca Ferdinand, Katiana Castor and Clancy Gray

  2. Creation of Medieval Towns and Cities • No bigger than modern towns • Many towns walled in for protection • Main buildings- Cathedral and Marketplace

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. England’s Bakers guild coat of arms

  8. England’s pewter guild coat of arms

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

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