1. CITIES,
MERCHANTS AND
BANKERS
14TH CENTURY

2.  CROWDED TOWNS
DIRTY
NO ROADS
GARBAGE

3.  SHOPS
○BAKERS
○SADDLERS
○BUTCHERS

4.  TOWNS BELONGED TO A LORD
 YEOMEN: FARMERS WHO
OWN/RENT AND WORK THE LAND
FROM THE LORDS

5.  THE ARTISANS ORGANIZED
THEMSELVES INTO GUILDS
 THE GUILD WAS BASED ON
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS
MEMBERS

6. STEPS TO BECOME A GUILD
 APPRENTICE - 7 YEARS
 JOURNEYMEN
 MASTER CRAFTMEN

7. TRADERS FROM ALL OVER
EUROPE
 ITALIANS – SILKS AND SPICES
 FLEMINGS – CLOTH MADE WITH
ENGLISH WOOL
 GERMANS - FURS
 FRENCHS - WINE

8.  PORT CITIES GREW GREATLY
WITH TRADE.
BRISTOL
LONDON
HULL
SOUTHAMPTON

9.  THE KING RECEIVED HIS
SHARE OF THE TRADES BY
PLACING ROYAL CUSTOMS
OFFICERS IN THE
IMPORTANT PORTS
 CALAIS WAS A STAPLE
TOWN

10.  MERCHANTS OF THE WOOL
TRADE FORMED THE
MERCHANTS OF THE STAPLE.
 RICH MERCHANTS WERE ABLE TO
RIVAL THE BARONS POWER
FINANCED THE WARS OF EDWARD III

11.  THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
ALLOWED:
AGRICULTURE EXPANSION
ECONOMIC STABILITY
GROWTH IN POPULATION