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Group: Clancy Gray, Katiana Castor, Rebecca Ferdinand Middle Ages Project Note Sheet -Topic: Economic Recovery Sparks Change Chapter: 7.4 Page: 235-236 Class period: 6 Important Events and people Creation of Medieval towns and cities No bigger than modern towns Mostly all towns were walled in for protection Main buildings such as: cathedral, the marketplace. The people had everything they needed inside the walls this gave the people a sense of unity Food and water was never sanitary which lead to many disease epidemics and plagues Discouraged trade Guilds Associations of people who did the same types of work - (Shoemakers Guild, Blacksmiths Guild, Weavers Guild, Bakers Guild) It was a lot of work to be accepted into a guild At age 7 or 8 you were taken to become an apprentice or trainee in your area of craft -You spent 7 years learning your specific trade -They did not get paid but the guild master provided them with food and housing Guilds were formed by merchants and artisans - Merchants dominated town life passing laws and taxes - Artisan later on came on to resent the merchants - The artisans organized craft guilds The Rise of the Middle Class Merchants and Artisans developed a new class called the Middle Class - gained economic and political power Many merchants came from wealthy families Important Vocabulary terms The Rise of the Middle Class Middle class- class ranked between nobles and peasants Guilds- associations formed by artisans and merchants Apprentice- a young person learning a trade from a master Journeymen- a salaried worker employed by a guild master Tenant Farmer- someone who would pay rent to a lord to farm part of the lord’s land Charter- in the Middle Ages, a written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town Capital- money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise Partnership- a group of merchants who joined together to finance a large-scale venture that would have been too costly for any individual trader Middle Class First appeared in late middle ages, revival of trade and development of structures Money into power Rise of Middle Class Enormous expansion in 19th century (Industrial Revolution) Offered new forms and scales of production, providing for more jobs and flexible investments New middle class- not united or alike Shopkeepers- bottom of expanding capitalist economy All middle class shared interest in same new concept “expansion of the economy” Highest goals- personal security and prosperity If everybody worked together it would result to success of society as whole Competition stimulated them to give their best human effort Inclined to avoid risk New Middle Class Government should reduce foreign competition but, stay out of domestic competition Reduce cost competition by providing transportation Works cited Jones, Jim. "The Rise of the Middle Class." 19th Century Eurpoean Middle Class. N.p., 1997. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/ notes/mid-clas.htm>. Pelt-Diller, Max Van, and Michael Costolo. "The Rise of the Middle Class ." Life and Money in Medieval Europe. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. <http://https://sites.google.com/a/guilford.edu/ life-and-money-in-medieval-europe/the-rise-of-the-middle-class>. Pelt-Diller, Max Van, and Michael Costolo. Life and Money in Medieval Europe . N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <https://sites.google.com/a/guilford.edu/ life-and-money-in-medieval-europe/guilds-and-professions>.