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GROWTH OF NATION STATES (MEDIEVAL SOCIETY) How did this invention lead to the growth of Nation States? I. GROWING FOOD SUPPLY A. USING HORSEPOWER 1. BENEFIT OF HORSE a) COULD PLOW MUCH FASTER 2. COLLAR HARNESS EFFECTS a) ALLOWED HORSE TO PULL PLOW b) EUROPE WAS DEFORESTED c) INCREASED FOOD SUPPLY B. THREE FIELD SYSTEM 1. IMPROVEMENT a) DIVIDED LAND INTO 1/3’S b) MORE LAND UNDER CULTIVATION …THREE FIELD SYSTEM 2. EFFECT a) INCREASED FOOD b) INCREASED POPULATION c) BETTER HEALTH II. THE GUILDS A. GUILD - GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE SAME BUSINESS 1. MERCHANT GUILD a) 1ST GUILD, USED TO CONTROL TRADE …GUILD 2. CRAFT GUILD a) WHEEL WRIGHTS, WINEMAKERS, TAILORS, DRUGGISTS b) SET STANDARDS FOR QUALITY, WAGES, & WORKING CONDITIONS …GUILDS 3. EFFECTS OF GUILDS a) INCREASED LONG DISTANCE TRADE b) CREATED BETTER PRODUCTS c) INFLUENCED GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY III. COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION A. ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES 1. INCREASED DEMANDS FOR MIDDLE EASTERN GOODS ...CRUSADES 2. INCREASED PRODUCTION OF EUROPEAN GOODS FOR TRADE 3. ENCOURAGED USE OF CREDIT AND BANKING B. FAIRS AND TRADE 1. WHO AND WHERE – PEASANTS TRAVELED TO TOWNS 2. WHAT – CLOTH, BACON, SALT, HONEY, CHEESE, ...FAIRS & TRADE 3. EFFECT – PRODUCTION IS NO LONGER ON THE MANOR C. BUSINESS & BANKING 1. BORROWING MONEY a) MERCHANTS - NEEDED MONEY TO PURCHASE GOODS b) LETTERS OF CREDIT MADE TRADING EASIER ...BANKING c) USURY – LENDING MONEY AT INTEREST – SIN ACCORDING TO THE CHURCH 2. EFFECTS a) CHURCH OPPOSITION TO USURY HELPED SECULARIZE EUROPE b) USE OF ARABIC NUMBERS INTRODUCED WITH NEW BOOKKEEPING PRACTICES (“0” FROM INDIA) D. URBAN LIFE 1. INTRODUCTION a) POPULATION – FROM 30-42 MILLION b) TOWN SIZE – 1500 2500 2. TRADE & TOWNS a) NARROW STREETS b) WASTE DUMPED INTO STREETS c) PEOPLE DID NOT BATH d) HOUSES – WOOD WITH THATCH ROOFS, CONSTANT FIRE HAZARD 3. EFFECTS OF TOWN GROWTH ON FEUDALISM a) TOWNS ATTRACTED PEASANTS FROM THE MANOR b) SERFS LEFT MANORS TO LIVE IN TOWNS E. MERCHANT CLASS & SOCIAL ORDER 1. TOWNS AND MEDIEVAL FEUDALISM a) TRADE PEOPLE DID NOT FIT IN MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE b) TOWNS WERE UNDER FEUDAL CONTROL …SOCIAL ORDER 2. BURGHERS DEMANDS a) FREEDOM FROM TOLLS b) RIGHT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES IV. REVIVAL OF LEARNING 11th century Muslim Astrolabe (Star Navigation) A. MUSLIM CONNECTION 1. REVIVAL EFFECTS (CRUSADES) a) SCHOLARS TRANSLATED GREEK WORKS INTO LATIN b) INCREASED TRADE FROM CRUSADES LED TO STUDY IN MUSLIM WORLD ...REVIVAL c) EUROPEANS ACQUIRED NEW KNOWLEDGE d) NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM MUSLIMS – SHIPS, NAVIGATION, WEAPONS …REVIVAL OF LEARNING B. UNIVERSITIES 1. GROUPS OF SCHOLARS WHO MET WHEREVER THEY COULD ...UNIVERSITIES 2. SONS OF WELL TO DO TOWNS PEOPLE 3. STUDY FOR 5-7 YEARS FOR BACHELORS FOR JOB IN GOVERNMENT OR CHURCH …REVIVAL OF LEARNING 4. VERNACULAR a) EVERYDAY LANGUAGE OF HOMELAND b) EFFECT – BROUGHT LITERATURE TO MANY PEOPLE 5. SHIFT IN LANGUAGE FROM LATIN TO VERNACULAR C. AQUINAS & MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY 1. THOMAS AQUINAS a) RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR WHO WROTE “SUMMA THEOLOGICA” b) ARGUED THAT RELIGIOUS TRUTH COULD BE PROVEN BY LOGICAL REASONING (ARISTOTLE) …AQUINAS 2. EFFECT a) SCHOLASTICS – SCHOOLMEN VERSED IN THE CLASSICS b) TEACHINGS INFLUENCED DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN LAW & GOV’T. …AQUINAS c) ENGLAND & FRANCE BEGAN TO DEVELOP DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS & TRADITIONS IV. ENGLAND ABSORBS INVADERS A. EARLY INVASIONS 1. ANGLES 2. SAXONS 3. VIKINGS ...INVADERS 4. ALFRED THE GREAT DEFEATED VIKING INVASIONS 5. KING CANUTE UNIFIED ENGLISH PEOPLE INTO ANGLO-SAXONS B. NORMAN CONQUEST 1. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR a) NORMANDY – REGION OF NORTHERN FRANCE ...WILLIAM b) DESCENDED FROM VIKINGS ADOPTED FRENCH CULTURE c) CLAIMED ENGLISH CROWN AND INVADED ENGLAND 2. HAROLD GODWINSON a) ANGLO/SAXON WHO CLAIMED THE ENGLISH CROWN 3. BATTLE OF HASTINGS a) HAROLD GODWINSON KILLED IN BATTLE b) WILLIAM CLAIMED ALL OF ENGLAND 4. EFFECT a) WILLIAM UNIFIED ENGLAND b) LAID FOUNDATION FOR CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT V. ENGLAND’S EVOLVING GOVERNMENT A. INTRODUCTION 1. GOALS OF WILLIAMS DESCENDENTS a) HOLD & ADD FRENCH LANDS b) STRENGTHEN POWER OVER NOBLES & CHURCH B. HISTORY MAKERS 1. ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE a) HUSBANDS (1) LOUIS VII – FRANCE (2) HENRY II - ENGLAND b. SONS (1) RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED (2) JOHN 2. EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE TO HENRY II a) ADDED TERRITORY IN FRANCE b) MADE HIM A VASSAL TO THE FRENCH KING 3. JURIES & COMMON LAW a) STRENGTHENED ROYAL COURTS USING TRAVELING JUDGES TO TAX, PUNISH, HEAR CASES. b) INTRODUCED USE OF JURY c) ESTABLISHED COMMON LAW – BASED ON JUDICIAL OPINION (JUDGE’S DECISIONS) C. MAGNA CARTA 1. JOHN’S RULE a) FAILED AS A MILITARY LEADER b) LOST FRENCH LANDS 2. NOBLES REVOLT a. CAUSES (1) CRUEL TO SUBJECTS (2) TAXED NOBILITY HEAVILY (3) ALIENATED CHURCH (4) THREATENED TOWNS b. MAGNA CARTA (1) RIGHTS GUARANTEED (a) NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION (b) RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY c) EFFECTS (1) FOUNDATION FOR BASIC LEGAL RIGHTS IN ENGLAND AND UNITED STATES D. MODEL PARLIAMENT 1. CAUSES a) NEEDED TO RAISE TAXES FOR FRENCH WARS 2. PARLIAMENT – LEGISLATIVE GROUP a) TWO BURGESSES FROM EACH COUNTY b) TWO KNIGHTS FROM EACH COUNTY ...PARLIAMENT 3. HOUSE OF COMMONS a) KNIGHTS & BURGESSES 4. HOUSE OF LORDS a) NOBLES & BISHOPS ...PARLIAMENT 5. EFFECT a) WEAKENED GREATER LORDS b) PROVIDED CHECK ON ROYAL POWER VI. CAPETIAN DYNASTY RULES FRANCE A. INTRODUCTION 1. FRANCE AFTER CHARLEMAGNE a) DIVIDED INTO 47 FEUDAL TERRITORIES b) CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY ENDED WITH LOUIS THE SLUGGARD 2. HUGH CAPET a) SMALL KINGDOM THAT INCLUDED PARIS b) BEGAN CAPETIAN DYNASTY WHICH GAINED CONTROL OVER FRANCE B. FRANCE BECOMES A SEPARATE KINGDOM 1. IMPORTANCE OF CAPETIAN LOCATION a) CONTROLLED MAJOR EUROPEAN TRADE ROUTES b) CONTROL OF FRANCE SPREAD FROM PARIS C. PHILLIP II EXPANDS HIS POWER 1. PHILLIP’S GOALS a) WEAKEN THE POWERS OF THE ENGLISH KINGS IN FRANCE 2. FAILURES & SUCCESSES a) LITTLE SUCCESS AGAINST HENRY II OR RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED b) GREATLY INCREASED TERRITORY AGAINST JOHN ...SUCCESSES c) TRIPLED LAND HELD d) BECAME MORE POWERFUL THAN VASSALS 3. CENTRALIZING GOVERNMENT a) ESTABLISHED COURTS CALLED BAILIFFS b) PRESIDED OVER COURTS AND COLLECTED TAXES D. PHILLIP’S HEIRS 1. LOUIS IX a) KNOWN AS IDEAL KING ...HEIRS b) FRENCH APPEALS COURTS (1) COULD OVERTURN LOCAL COURT DECISIONS (2) STRENGTHENED MONARCHY & WEAKENED FEUDALISM 2. PHILLIP IV a) USED SUPPORT OF LORDS AND BISHOPS AGAINST POPE b) INCLUDED COMMONERS IN MEETINGS c. ESTATES GENERAL (1) 1ST ESTATE – CHURCH LEADERS (2) 2ND ESTATE – GREATER LORDS (3) 3RD ESTATE – COMMONERS (WEALTHY LANDHOLDERS & MERCHANTS) VII. SPAIN A. FERDINAND AND ISABELLA 1. UNIFIED SPAIN THROUGH MARRIAGE AND WAR ...FERDINAND & ISABELLA 2. EXPELLED THE MOORS FROM SPAIN 3. BEGAN EXPANSION OF SPANISH EMPIRE IN AMERICAS 4. EXPANSION CONTINUED UNDER PHILLIP II GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE SPAIN GERMANY FOUNDERS OF NATION STATES UNITED FRANCE HUGH CAPET UNITED MORMANDY & GREAT BRITAIN WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR STRENTHENED ENGLAND THROUGH LAW UNITED SPAIN HENRY II FERDINAND & ISABELLA