HIST 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Christine De Pizan, Ciompi Revolt, Giovanni Boccaccio
24 Nov 2016
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Mortality rates very high in crowded cities and towns: not all cities were affected. London/ paris: immigration from countryside reversed the short term plague effects. Internal violence and warfare affected many cities because there was an influx of mobility. Lots of urban growth because of increasing specialization of the late medieval economy. Farmers were not forced to produce bulk grain. Land was now devot4ed to: livestock, dairy farming, diverse fruits, vegetables. Diverse farming: exchanged efficiency on the open market. Consequences of the black death were beneficial too most. ********established elites resisted the demands of newly powerful workers********* Violence between the old power and the new power. 1358: north eastern french peasants rebelled, destroying property, burning buildings and crops, murdering targets: the jacquerie rebellion. England: uprising in june 1381 (cid:448)ery organized and engaged a wide portion of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) fueled (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:271)elief of (cid:272)orruptio(cid:374) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the (cid:272)hur(cid:272)h.
