Quaestio: Was life in a town better than life on a manor?
Nunc Agenda: Keep your homework at your desk!!!
Then… examine the map on page 232 and answer questions 2 and 3 in your notebook
Three Field System
Wooden Vs Iron Plow
LEGUMES!
Charter- document from Lord giving people permission to have a town on the Lord’s land
Capital = MONEY for investment
People start using money more often
Rise of the MIDDLE CLASS-
Class between Nobles and PeasantsSign of a stronger economy
Peasant Possibilities:Serfs VS Tenant Farmers
Make T chart comparing them
Guilds-
Associations of merchants and artisans made to protect their economic interests.
Merchant guilds ran towns
Similar role to unions today
Guild ApprenticeshipApprentice trains with Guild
MasterAfter 7 years becomes
Journeyman- someone whose training is complete and is qualified to work
Only the bestbecome GuildMasters