HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Manorialism, Bourgeoisie, Mercury-Atlas 9
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What: period between the fall of rome (476 c. e. ) and the early middle ages (500-100. C. e. ) on one hand and the late middle ages (1300-1500 c. e. ) on the other. Why: breakdown of manorialism and rise of towns, increasing trade due to iron plow, more robust crops, etc: three field system: How: instead of using two field systems which used half of the land for crops and half of the land as fallow it used two-thirds of land for crops all the time. Why: it would increase manorial production and thus the population: burghers: What: a type of person who lived in towns. This indicates the beginning of a move away from the feudalist life style: bourgeoisie: Who: western europeans who lived in towns and was in the middle class. What: a new group of people who lived in french towns. How: people moved to towns and formed a middle-class that was not nobles or peasants.
