HIS243H1 Lecture 3: Rise of Towns
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The reformation and renaissance would not have happened without these 3 things. Without surplus wealth and concentration of capital, fundamental change is difficult. There was an enormous expansion of trade by the 12thc causing a money economy. [img, trade routes of the 15thc, with the ottoman empire attempting to block off from. The crusades constituted an increase in population, who were trained for horseback. The desire of europeans for luxury goods increased, which could only be acquired through the eastern med. Therefore, europeans moved east to attempt to reclaim the land. Necessary to make sure that there was enough and expandable agricultural land. The connected betw farmers, land, and lords, frayed as new land was cultivated. There was necessary labour to be done, and serfs ran to new manors to be paid more, on new land. Old personal connections on manors began to change. Introduction of money happened as labour was in demand.
