Medieval Ci*es
1 Look at the graph and answer these ques3ons. a. What was the popula3on in the year 1000? b. Can you explain this increase?
2 Inves3gate a. Why were mouldboard ploughs more efficient? b.What were mills used for?
Reconstruc*on of a medieval trade fair
Ac3vity You are a young peasant who wants to migrate to a city. What reasons would you give your parents to convince them It is a good idea?
A bishop blessing a trade fair 1. Complete the sentences. a. The ______linked Spanish and Italian ci3es with the Byzan3ne empire. b. Luxury items, such as perfumes and silks were imported by the____________. c. A merchant`s associa3on, called________ dominated the Atlan3c and Bal3c route. d. Merchant bought and sold goods at________
2 Organise the informa3on. -‐Trade increased. -‐Agricultural produc3on increased. -‐The popula3on grew.
3 Inves3gate -‐What is credit? -‐What is a bill of exchange? -‐Are they s3ll used today?
Methods of transport
A medieval port
Essen*al Vocabullary
Crossroad -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Cruce Trade route-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Rutas comerciales City council-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Consejo de la Ciudad Mayor-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Alcalde Merchant-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Mercader CraTsmen-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Artesano Shopkeepers-‐-‐-‐Tendero To beg-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Mendigar Jewish quarters-‐-‐-‐Judería Moorish Quarters-‐-‐Morería
-‐Weaver-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Tejedores -‐Cooper-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Toneleros -‐Stone mason-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Canteros -‐Baker-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Panaderos -‐Carpenter-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Carpinteros -‐Dyer-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Tintoreros -‐Workshop-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Taller -‐Owner’s house-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Dueño -‐Guild-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Gremio -‐Master CarTmens-‐-‐-‐Maestro
-‐Journeymen-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Oficial -‐Appren3ce-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Aprendiz -‐Raw materials-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Materias Primas -‐Wages-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Salario -‐Taxes-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Impuestos -‐Charters of liber3es-‐-‐-‐Fuero -‐Parliament-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Parlamento -‐Budget-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Presupuesto -‐Unsuitable-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐Inadecuado
Changes in the 12th and 13th centuries
Poli3cal Changes
Economic changes
Social Changes
1. Development of trade 2. Growth of ci3es 3. Improvement in agriculture 4. Increase in monarchies power 5. Importance of ci3es 6. Crea3on of parliaments. 7. New financial methods. 8. Popula3on increase 9. Loss of nobles’ power 10. Importance of craTsmen
Main medieval ci3es in Spain
Find the names of the countries They are in today. a. Paris b. Stockholm c. Kiev. d. Venice. e. Brussels. f. Cologne. g. Avignon. h. Minsk.
Reconstruc3on of a medieval city
Zamora: the city’s medieval structure
Watch the video and answer the following ques3ons about the medieval city
1) What materials are the houses made from? 2) Describe the streets that appear in the video? 3) What problems do you think might happen because of the structure of the streets?
4) How are the shops iden3fied in this virtual city? 5) Which buildings of interest have we studied in class? Which medieval city buildings do not appear? 6) What elements of the exterior wall of the cathedral are shown in the video?
7) Where are the workshops located in the medieval town?
8) True or false: a) The Medieval ci3es were sparsely populated. b) Workshops can be found only in the market. c) People passing by could see the ar3san working in his workshop. d) Ar3sans who had the same occupa3on were united in guilds.
Look at this photograph of Ávila. Find the following places and explain what happened there.
-‐Cathedral -‐Walls -‐Main square
-‐What are the streets like in the old part of the city?
-‐What are the most important Buildings?
-‐Where are the modern buildings, inside or outside the walls?
-‐How has the old part of the city changed?
Match the occupa3ons and the ac3vi3es
Occupa3on • Weaver • Cooper • Blacksmith • Baker • Dyer • Carpenter
• Ac3vity
• Dying cloth • Making bread • Making and reparing barrels • Making and repairing wooden objects • Making objects out of metal especially iron • Making cloth
-‐What were guilds? -‐What was their func3on? -‐Do guilds exist today? -‐How people learn trades today? -‐What were the func3ons of a mastercraTmen, a journeyman And an appren3ce?
Guilds
A procession of a lawyers’ guild
A cobblers’ guild
The king and his court
The king and parliament
True or false? Correct the false statemens A Monarchs became weaker in the 12t century B Ci3es and monarchs were allies C Parliaments decided on taxes, especially for wars. D Parliaments were mainly composed of aristocrats
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