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REVIVAL OF TRADE TOWNS I. REVIVAL OF TRADE IN THE MIDDLE AGES A. REASONS WHY REVIVAL OF TRADE THEN GROWTH OF TOWNS 1. EARLY MEDIEVAL SOCIETY AGRICULTURAL RURAL 2. BY HIGH MIDDLE AGES TOWNS BUSTLING 3. MERCHANTS WILL BE NOW ADDED TO THE TRADITIONAL 3-TIER MEDIEVAL SOCIETY a. THOSE WHO PRAY b. THOSE WHO WORK c. THOSE WHO FIGHT 4. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? 5. BEGINNING MID 10TH C POPULATION STARTED GROWING a. DUE TO INCREASED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY b. DUE TO 3 FIELD ROTATION VERSUS 2 FIELD 6. WITH INCREASED POPULATION IT FREED SOME FROM FIELD WORK 7. PLUS ONCE VIKING RAIDS CEASED IN 10-11TH CENTURIES 8. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COULD FLOURISH PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS a. DEVELOPED TO FACILITATE THIS TRADE B. TRADING FAIRS 1. THROUGHOUT MA FAIRS WHERE MERCHANTS, TRADERS, PEOPLE PILGRIMS CAME TOGETHER 2. EARLY ONE AT ST. DENIS 7TH C. 3. GREW OUT OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL a. AS MANY DID 4. IF PLACES HAD GOOD RELICS THEN PILGRIMS FLOCKED TO AREA 5. THEN SO DID MERCHANTS TO SUPPLY PILGRIMS NEEDS 6. GREATEST - CHAMPAGNE FAIRS a. 6 FAIRS HELD THROUGHOUT YEAR AT 4 TOWNS IN CHAMPAGNE REGION FRANCE b. GREATEST FAIR AT TROYS JULY AUG (1) LIKE OUR OREGON STATE FAIR BUT MORE NB C. WHAT DETERMINED WHERE TOWNS GREW DEVELOPED? 1. FEW TOWNS NEW LIKE U.S. TOWNS CITIES NEW IN 17TH 18TH C. a. NEW ONES (1) LUBECK, BERLIN, MUNICH, BRISTOL b. IN FRANCE EASIER TO TELL (1) NAMED VILLENEUVE OR VILLEFRANCHE (2) OR COMBINED BY HYPHEN EITHER WITH NAME OF RIVER (a)VILLENEUVE-SUR-YONNE (3) OR WITH TITLE OF THEIR SPONSOR LORD (a) VILLEFRANCHE-LE-ROI 2. TOWNS ALREADY IN PLACE GREW 3. SOME ORIGINALLY ROMAN ARMY CAMPS a. COLCHESTER IN ENGLAND b. COLOGNE IN GERMANY 4. OTHER ROMAN CITIES a. PARIS, ORLEANS, ROUEN, LYONS, TOULOUSE, METZ 5. OTHERS BISHOPRICS a. HOMES OF BISHOPS - CATHEDRALS REMAINED VIABLE THROUGHOUT EARLY MA VIKING RAIDS 6. a.SOME ITALIAN SEAPORT CITIES SUCH AS VENICE,