Life In The Middle Ages Flashcards
What happened with the invasions
They stopped- more stability
How was there more cultivation
Clearing land- cutting down trees and draining swamps
What new tech was there
Water/wind power
Iron-tools:iron plow (carraca)
Horses-horse shoes/collars
The community shared the new tech
What was the life of a serf like
Almost slavery-“free” serfs
What were their responsibilities
3 days a week work on the lord’s fields
3 days for their own fields
No work on Sundays
What was their relief
50 church holidays
3 field system-2 fields to grow 1 fallow
Fall planting-wheat-rye
Spring planting-grains-vegetables
What were their costs
Rents-food/money
10%-church
Couldn’t leave without lord’s permission
Who you marry
Courts
What was their home life
1 room “house”
Hearth-cooking/heat
Wood-thatch roof
Vegetable garden/chicken/goats
Women-ran the homes-children
What was the diet
Bread-healthy Cheese-milk Vegetables Meat on holidays Eggs Ale
What was the life in the cities
Towns
80,000 people in same cities
What was the economic impetus
Trade economy-Flanders-Italy
Trade fairs
Money-banks
Capitalism
What were some characteristics
No sanitation Wood-fire No building codes Narrow streets Near castle
What were the guilds
"Unions"
Each trade had a guild
Merchants-apprentice
Journeyman
MasterWhat was the population explosion
It was when there was a population of 75 million and the climate changed
