The Rise of Towns and Trade

 III. Trade routes and trade fairs
   A. Flanders
       woolen cloth
   B. Italians broke Moslem control of
        Mediterranean
   C. Italians imported goods from Middle East
        Venice, Genoa
   D. trade fairs -- Champagne
       Early History of Fairs
IV. Trade influenced growth of towns
Read The Revival in the High Middle Ages
     The Urban Economy
   A. renewed prosperity
        use of coins ducats, florins
        development of insurance,
        bills of exchange, banks
   B. need for skilled craftsmen --
       blacksmiths, tanners, coopers
   C. population increase from 1000 - 1350
V. Medieval Guilds and Craft Production
    A. merchants and craftsmen organized guilds --
       Guilds and Commerce
       The Town Merchants
       Medieval Professions
    B. crafts created rules, standards, monopolies
    C. The Medieval Craftsman   --
       the apprentice system
    D. positions highly sought after
    E. putting out system eventually developed
VI.  Town Life
     The Development of Towns
      Medieval England and Wales -
     daily life in medieval towns
    A. townspeople sought independence from
        feudal lords
    B. some purchased charters
    C. towns were dirty, crowded
    D. craftsmen usually lived over shops
       Homes
    E. pollution
  Medieval Response to Municipal Pollution
     Medieval English Towns
     The Church in Medieval Life
VII.  the middle class
    A. status based on trade / craft skills
    B. bourgeoisie / burghers
  The growth of self-government
  The Intellectual World of the High
  Middle Ages
  The Rise of Universities
  Origins -- monasteries and cathedral schools
  Medieval Universities   grew with an
  interest in theology, law, and medicine
  Scholarship and Education in Medieval Europe
  Bologna -- students started a universitas
  Paris -- teachers started a universitas
  Statutes for the University of Paris 1215
  Teachers and Teaching
  Books and Universities
  The Liberal Arts Curriculum
  in the Medieval University
  Medieval Universities
  The Seven Liberal Arts   --
  trivium and quadrivium
  masters lectured and interpreted
  readings students took oral examination
  at the end of studies
  Students in the Medieval University
  Life of the Students at Paris
  Medieval Students' Songs
 

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