Question

Identify and describe some consequences of the revival of trade on medieval Europe.. Please Help!! I don't understand what could be a consequence of it :(

Answer 1

This is part of the Medieval European History Metanode.
Trade and towns had declined in Europe during the early Frankish Empire and the Carolingian Dynasty. Trade began to rebound in Italy around 900 CE. The Venetians sparked long-distance trade with the Byzantines and the Moslems; they exported salt, grain, wine, and glass, and imported silk, spices, and luxuries. Amalti, Piza, and Genoa followed suit. The Crusades were a boon to the Italian economy, because they transported soldiers and goods, and traded with the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad.
Flanders led the way in the North, beginning around 950. They manufactured cloth on the Rhine River, close to England. Flanders became a gateway for trade. England, in turn, became an important supplier of raw wool. France and Spain exported wine to the British Isles; the British Isles supplied them with grain; and Scandanavia sent furs, timber, and - you guessed it - herring to the South.
The Counts of Champagne reaped great benefits from the trade revival by holding "trade fairs" in various towns. These fairs were held in an open space with booths for the merchants; the Counts supplied moneychangers, a police force, and judges to settle disputes. The Counts received a sales tax on all goods, rent for the booths, fines from those convicted of crimes, and commission from the moneychangers. Southern and Northern trade came together at these fairs, and soon other counties held fairs as well. Italians became the dominant merchants, and eventually they invented banks so that their merchants wouldn't have to carry gold florins through Europe.
The revived trade also precipitated the invention of trade guilds. The guilds had a dual purpose: they were religious fraternities which helped pay for funerals, give support to widows, etc.; and they secured a monopoly of retail trade within a town. The guilds assured quality of merchandise and set fair prices. In the 13th century, they split into two types of guilds: merchant guilds (for merchants - duh) and craft guilds (butchers, bakers, candlestick makers). The guilds provided apprenticeships and created the offices of journeyman and Master.
Advances in Medieval technology led to a population surge between 1000 and 1300 CE. As a result, towns grew as well. There are several schools of thought among historians as to the origins of these towns; Edith Ennen's theory is most accepted. She proposes that the origin of the towns depends on their location within three zones:More ....... http://everything2.com/title/Revival+of+... --------------- Revival of trade and commerce
The Romans had established a system of roads, water routes (via river and the open sea) and trading towns that provided ready markets and means of transportaitons for surplus or specialized goods. It was, for example, easier to manufacture cloth and metal good near the source of raw material (sheep or ore, respectively) than it was to ship raw materials overland or let every locality depend on their own resources. The German invasions upset this trading system and also destroyed the merchant forturnes that supplied the capital to finance this trade. From the 7th century --the nadir of civilization in Western Europe-- onwards, this trade began to rebuild itself. Central governments became more powerful and were able to provide a secure environment for trade. The cities, and their merchants, began growing again. There were now large sums of money available for merchants to buy quantities of trade goods and pay for their shipment to other areas. Local merchants now had sufficient captiral to make the annual slaughtering of excess (those that could not be fed through the winter) farm animals. Previously, the farmers had to either eat the meat of the slaughtered animals or, if sufficient salt and labor were available, preserve it. This approach led to waste, and there were fewer animals for breeding the following Spring. If merchants had the financial resources, they could buy sufficient fodder in the Fall, and then buy many animals cheaply and feed them over the Winter. These animals would be much more valuable in the Spring when they were re-sold. This bit of commerce made agriculture much more efficient, but you had to have sharp merchants with access to a lot of money to make it work. http://www.hyw.com/books/history/Revival... -----
Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade
by Henri Pirenne 1. http://www.librarything.com/work/97550
He argued that the Middle Ages did not emerge in Europe with the fall of Rome. Rather, it emerged after the Muslim expansion of the 7th-8th century - dislocating Europe from Mediterranean trade. The entire European society lost connectiion with Rome and Byzantium - instead developing its own unique culture. Hence, the medieval period is born, because the sea routes and trade of the Medit (sorry if to long

Answer 2

Yeah this was on that one yahoo answer, I just don't understand whats bad about the trade :/ Do you understand the question at all?

Answer 3

Im not positive but i think that the problem was everyone had to start paying fairs. let me read it again

Answer 4

Okay thank you so much! Very confused here :(

Answer 5

Another problem was it opened the opportunity of invasion

Answer 6

one more thing is not everyone had that kind of money

Answer 7

hope I could help

Answer 8

yes thank you! what is 'fairs' exactly? is it like a tax, do you know?

Answer 9

yes Fairs as in tax

Answer 10

Alrighty Thank You :) Greatly Appreciate it, @blakeman , @ShadowDrifter17

Answer 11

The end if the Age of Migrations and Viking and Magyar raids Increased security, often provided by such Church groups as the Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller Increase in pilgrimage within Europe. The rise of guilds. The rise of republican cities or medieval communes. Associations of guilds such as the Hanseatic League, which protected trade routes. Opening of spice routes or the silk road, as happened periodically. also First, there was the start of capitalism and a money economy. This was not fully developed yet, but it was beginning. The money economy was coming to replace barter as it was much easier to use money for all of the trading that now needed to be done. This led to the creation of banks and of trading companies where there were people whose livelihood came not from making goods but from buying and selling them. This can be seen as the start of capitalism.

Second, there was a move away from feudalism and towards a system of towns that had their own rights outside of that system. Trade and towns were not really compatible with the old system of feudal lords with serfs and peasants tied to the land. Therefore, towns started to be granted charters of their own and the right to exist outside the feudal system. The feudal system was still strong, but this growth in trade and cities was starting to diminish its power

Answer 12

an ur welcome ;)

Answer 13

^ read that ^