HIS230H5 Lecture Notes - Gift Economy, Early Christianity, Mortality Rate
Document Summary
Tuesday september 11, 2012- introduction to european history 1300-1815. Difficult to get to asia from europe. Travel within europe; there were roads (some of them roman roads preserved) but travel time on the roads was slow: travel by water was faster and more reliable. Pockets of europe remained untouched because of the bad land: some parts of eu were good for mining, most was used for farming and agriculture. Biggest city in eu was probably constantinople: urbanization south of italy, spain, up in the northwest south of england (parts of. Netherlands, belgium) , shift from the medieval period with urbanization in north. Towns were dangerous places and there was a lot of pollution: mortality rate was always higher than the birth rate, had to pass laws to keep everything in order. Medieval eu: wealth and power came from land holding; an agricultural society: 3 changes: commerical revolution.
