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 Fairs
IV. Trade influenced growth of towns
           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
    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 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
  Bologna -- students started a universitas
  Paris -- teachers started a universitas
  Teachers and Teaching
  The Liberal Arts Curriculum in the Medieval University    
              trivium and quadrivium
  masters lectured and interpreted
  readings students took oral examination
  at the end of studies
  Students in the Medieval University
 
               Medieval Times

              Peasants : 800-1000

              Birth of the Universities

              Books and Universities

        Life of the Students at Paris

        Medieval Students' Songs

            Statutes for the University of Paris 1215

        Urban society

        Medieval Response to Municipal Pollution

        Medieval English Cathedrals and Churches

        Cathedrals and Churches in France

              The Black Death

        Glossary

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