Serfs
European Social Change
800 A.D. 1300 A.D.
Agricultural Revolution
•Steel Plow
•Windmill
•Crop Rotation
•Horse Drawn harness
Population
Growth
Demand Increase
•More jobs
•Increase Trade
•Trade Fairs
Nobility
Clergy
Middle Class
Peasants
Nobility
Clergy
Peasantry
Serfs
Charters
•Urban population growth
•Electing town officials
•Guilds
•Apprenticeships •Capital Investment
•Town Freedom
•Increase in Wealth
•Emergence of a wealthy
middle class
•Elimination of serfs
Oxen Harness Horse Harness Pg 231
Wood Plows Iron Plows Pg 231
Crop Rotation Pg 233
Increase Food Production Pg 233
Population Explosion
Years
Population in
Millions
Pg 233
in demand
in production
in trade/exchange
Miss Monroe we
need more
pencils!
Pg 233
Trade Routes Pg 233
Trade Fairs Pg 233
Growth of Towns Pg 233
The Charter Pg 233
Serf Freedom Serfs Master
We’re Free?
Pg 234
Capital Investment Pg 234
Bills of Exchange
(Check)
Pg 234
Guild Formation Pg 235
Apprentice/Journeymen Pg 235
Exit Slip! Please answer the following questions on the sheet of
paper provided. Write in complete sentences. Remember
this is your ticket out the door. No ticket = no leaving
1. What were five major changes to medieval
society?
2. Why are guilds important? What are they
similar to in today’s society? Do you think
they are necessary in today’s society?