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?