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The Latin West 1200-1500

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The Latin West c14 Eric Zhang Hou 5 Intro A lack of unity (kings for each city, a ?prince for every house?) <- preoccupation w/ welfare/materials, cynical about human nature -> not stopping Turkish armies Despite divisions, war, disasters, 12500-1500 = progress. Material prosperity -> architecture, learning institutions, & cultural boosts. Wars -> +power weapons & unified monarchies Muslim/Byz neighbors called W. Euros Franks, but they called themselves Latins Latin West was emerging from econ/cultural shadow of Islamic neighbors, w/ elements like ambition, competition, & use of borrowed tech/learning Rural Growth & Crisis +Cultivated land, new farming techs, & machinery/mechanical forms of energy For rural Europeans (>90%) this period = struggle

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I. Rural Growth and Crisis A. Peasants and Population 1. Society was divided by class and gender 2. Serfs were obliged to till the soil on large estates owned by the nobility and the church 3. More than half of the fruits of their labor went to the landowners 4. Women were subordinate to men 5. Rural poverty also stemmed from a population increase 6. Three-field system increased yield 7. Population growth led to the foundation of new agricultural settlements 8. As population continued to rise, some people had to farm low quality land B. The Black Death and Social Change 1. Killed off a third of western Europeans 2. Recovery from population loss was slow and uneven 3. Skilled and manual laborers who survived demanded higher pay for their services
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