HIST 1707 Lecture : Lecture No. 4 Europe in the 14th Century.docx
25 Feb 2014
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The roman empire was the time of when europe dominated. The greco roman culture left some cultural traces. Romans had a system of patronage; seen in european nations and who they colonizes. They left behind some language closely related to latin. The catholic church had a lot of influence in the state"s development. The church personals were the most literate people who had the skills. Successful european agriculture came from the fertile crescent. Europe had good agriculture where they could build states. In the 14th century, europe was losing people because of famines, and disease. Death (bubonic plague) happened from 1347 to 1351. One third is believed to have died in. There was too much rain which made it difficult to farm. Some farmers ended up with less harvest then they had sewn. The price of food went up a lot in the cities. The price of grain went up by 4 times in france.
