HST 584 Lecture : High Middle Ages Mind Map
14 Dec 2011
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Jews: allowed to lend and charge interest, unlike. Christians: usery, were not allowed to own land, stayed in urban areas. Period: fewer storms, longer growing season, drier, weather conditions conducive to growing, increased land availability. Waste mgmt: polluted ground/water, poor hygiene and public sanitation, farm animals lived among citizens. Towns: curch seat of the bishop called diocese. Food supply: food= babies, lords taking cash payments from serfs instead of food payments. Advances: using horses instead of oxen, able to drain swamps/marshes. Crusades: crusaders opened up trade routes in the east. Supply & demand: population, land in the city spurred trade.
