Medieval towns (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
Kings ruling during town growth period (1189-1216)
Kings ruling during town growth period (1189-1216)
Richard I and John
Year towns were growing significantly in England
Year towns were growing significantly in England
1189
Two factors driving medieval town growth
Two factors driving medieval town growth
Increasing trade and growing prosperity
Legal status of medieval town residents
Legal status of medieval town residents
Free people who did not belong to a lord
Three examples of skilled tradesmen in towns
Three examples of skilled tradesmen in towns
Blacksmiths, carpenters, and bakers
Defensive structures surrounding medieval towns
Defensive structures surrounding medieval towns
Strong stone walls
Who patrolled town walls at night
Who patrolled town walls at night
Watchmen
Type of streets in medieval towns
Type of streets in medieval towns
Narrow winding streets
Where were shops and living quarters in town buildings?
Where were shops and living quarters in town buildings?
Shops on ground floor, living quarters upstairs
How tradesmen learned their trades
How tradesmen learned their trades
Through apprenticeship systems
Professional organisations controlling trades
Professional organisations controlling trades
Guilds
What guild membership gave tradesmen
What guild membership gave tradesmen
Right to trade in the town
Where did merchants trade beyond England?
Where did merchants trade beyond England?
Other European countries (Low Countries)
Form of land tax paid to the king
Form of land tax paid to the king
Tallage
Church's position in medieval towns
Church's position in medieval towns
Central position