GCU 114 Study Guide - Vatican Library, Philip Iv Of France, Johannes Gutenberg
Document Summary
Latin west revives after decline of roman empire: eastern cities-bigger, western cities-more commercial, cultural, admin change, prosperous! trade increases, some long distance, venice got constantinople=even more trade, mongol empire expanded=more trade. Hanseatic league: baltic, prussia, russia to london, flanders (textiles) *champagne fairs-international markets, florence textile industry, oh and apparently. Not sure why this is relevant information one should know when studying the history of the world, but the book spends like half a page talking about. Trading cities=more freedom than rural life. independent states, could adapt quicker to chaning market conditions. cities=refuge, home to jews, were persecuted. Guilds dominated civic life=association of craft specialists, or regulating merchants, male dominance, sometimes women could join, nonguild jobs mainly new class: wealthy merchant bankers-money charging, loans, investments, loans supported wars and lavish courts. Florence: center of banking services, medici family, interest rate although latin. Church condemned it. still: poverty and squalor was the norm, few civic amenities.
