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Christianity: Accelerating change

Christianity: Accelerating change. By Joe Lorang, Elana Mabrito, Jack Makin & Dana Marrero. Population. Populations increase by a lot E arly 1300’s London = 40,000 Paris = 80,000 Hangzhou (Song Dynasty capital) = 1,000,0000 Córdoba (Muslim Spain) = 500,000 E nd of the 14 th Century

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Christianity: Accelerating change

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  1. Christianity:Accelerating change By Joe Lorang, Elana Mabrito, Jack Makin & Dana Marrero

  2. Population • Populations increase by a lot • Early 1300’s • London = 40,000 • Paris = 80,000 • Hangzhou (Song Dynasty capital) = 1,000,0000 • Córdoba (Muslim Spain) = 500,000 • End of the 14th Century • Venice = 150,000 • By the end of the 15th Century • Tenochtitlán = 200,000

  3. Populations: Towns • New towns attract new groups of people • Merchants • Bankers • Artisans • Lawyers • Doctors • Scholars • Created guilds • More productive division of labor was introduced to the European Society

  4. Trade: General • Some long-distance trade ended because of collapse of the Roman Empire • Increased long-distance trade from increased production from agricultural expansion • Two major trade networks • Northern Europe • Northern Italy • Trading fairs • Merchants from all over • Different items

  5. Trade: Routes Northern Europe Northern Italy • From England to Baltic Coast • Main items traded: • Wine • Wood • Furs • Beeswax • Rye • Wheat • Salt • Cloth • From northern Italian cities to established civilizations (Islam and Byzantium) • Main items traded • Silk • Asian spices • Drugs • Precious stones

  6. Agriculture • Warming of climate peak (11thand 12th centuries • This means they could enhance agricultural production • More lands were open for cultivation • Long distance trade picked up once more because of the availability of products to trade

  7. The Lives of the Women • In 11th & 13th centuries economic growth & urbanizations led to more job opportunities • Silk Weavers • Tailors • Brewers • By 15th they withered away • Guilds gone • Women banned • Technologies • Religious life • Freedom from male dominance • Education

  8. Loyalty to Government • 11th – 13th century Europe’s monarchs began to consolidate their authority • Borders of French, Spanish, English, Scandinavian & other states began to appear • Territorial kingdoms were not universal • In Italy, for example, city states flourished • Germans were loyal to a number principalities within the Holy Roman Empire

  9. Bibliography • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E6cjkbKQhO0/Siblmu8bacI/AAAAAAAAAao/QGQDyClSlAA/s400/Mary+at+Loom+yarn+winder+3+women.JPG • http://www.historiasiglo20.org/MEC-BC/images/medieval_fair.jpg • http://www.earth-history.com/Europe/_images/900eur.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Late_Medieval_Trade_Routes.jpg • http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/holy-roman-empire2.gif • http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/475/PreviewComp/SuperStock_475-2450.jpg • http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/images/Guild2.jpg

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