HIST1001 : Old Worlds and New Empires HIST1001
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Angus mackay & david ditchburn, eds. , atlas of medieval europe, (london, routledge, 1997), pp97- Between 1100 and 1350 eastern europe changed dramatically due to german settlement. Germans extended their border by conquest such as in brandenburg, but in other places their settlement was welcome as it would increase taxes/revenues for local landlords, such as in pomerania. This settlement was encouraged by border lords such as adolf of holstein and henry the lion. They promoted the eastern frontier as more spacious than the crowded interiors of germany. The pace quickened in the thirteenth century as large scale developments were undertaken in pomerania and the polish lands. This settlement often required the construction of new villages, to oversee this a planning entrepreneur would be appointed who would receive land and privileges as his reward. German burgesses (a person with municipal authority or privileges, in particular.
