CITIES, MERCHANTS AND BANKERS

14TH CENTURY

CROWDED TOWNSDIRTYNO ROADSGARBAGE

SHOPS

○BAKERS

○SADDLERS

○BUTCHERS

TOWNS BELONGED TO A LORD

YEOMEN: FARMERS WHO

OWN/RENT AND WORK THE LAND

FROM THE LORDS

THE ARTISANS ORGANIZED

THEMSELVES INTO GUILDS

THE GUILD WAS BASED ON

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS

MEMBERS

STEPS TO BECOME A GUILD

APPRENTICE - 7 YEARS

JOURNEYMEN

MASTER CRAFTMEN

TRADERS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE

ITALIANS – SILKS AND SPICES

FLEMINGS – CLOTH MADE WITH

ENGLISH WOOL

GERMANS - FURS

FRENCHS - WINE

PORT CITIES GREW GREATLY WITH TRADE.

BRISTOL

LONDON

HULL

SOUTHAMPTON

THE KING RECEIVED HIS SHARE OF THE TRADES BY PLACING ROYAL CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE IMPORTANT PORTS

CALAIS WAS A STAPLE TOWN

MERCHANTS OF THE WOOL TRADE FORMED THE MERCHANTS OF THE STAPLE.

RICH MERCHANTS WERE ABLE TO RIVAL THE BARONS POWERFINANCED THE WARS OF EDWARD III

THE FEUDAL SYSTEM ALLOWED:

AGRICULTURE EXPANSION

ECONOMIC STABILITY

GROWTH IN POPULATION