the hundred years' war
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CITIES, MERCHANTS AND BANKERS
14TH CENTURY
CROWDED TOWNSDIRTYNO ROADSGARBAGE
SHOPS
○BAKERS
○SADDLERS
○BUTCHERS
TOWNS BELONGED TO A LORD
YEOMEN: FARMERS WHO
OWN/RENT AND WORK THE LAND
FROM THE LORDS
THE ARTISANS ORGANIZED
THEMSELVES INTO GUILDS
THE GUILD WAS BASED ON
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS
MEMBERS
STEPS TO BECOME A GUILD
APPRENTICE - 7 YEARS
JOURNEYMEN
MASTER CRAFTMEN
TRADERS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE
ITALIANS – SILKS AND SPICES
FLEMINGS – CLOTH MADE WITH
ENGLISH WOOL
GERMANS - FURS
FRENCHS - WINE
PORT CITIES GREW GREATLY WITH TRADE.
BRISTOL
LONDON
HULL
SOUTHAMPTON
THE KING RECEIVED HIS SHARE OF THE TRADES BY PLACING ROYAL CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE IMPORTANT PORTS
CALAIS WAS A STAPLE TOWN
MERCHANTS OF THE WOOL TRADE FORMED THE MERCHANTS OF THE STAPLE.
RICH MERCHANTS WERE ABLE TO RIVAL THE BARONS POWERFINANCED THE WARS OF EDWARD III
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM ALLOWED:
AGRICULTURE EXPANSION
ECONOMIC STABILITY
GROWTH IN POPULATION