§6.3 Flashcards
Chang in the way the land was cultivated means?
Higher food production
Agriculture did already exist, but…
The methods used were improved
When did the visible effects of the late Middle Ages started?
After AD 1000
There were three changes from the early Middle Ages to the late Middle Ages what is the first one? And what was the change?
Cultivation of forests / swamps. They made more areas suitable for agriculture by cutting down forests, removing tree roots so more food could be produced
What was the second change from the early Middle Ages to the late Middle Ages? And what did it
Introduction of the yoke, better use of pulling power of horses & oxes, loosen up the earth, sowing goes better means a higher food production
What was the third change from going to the early Middle Ages to the late Middle Ages?
Using an iron plough, heavier than wood so ploughs deeper, more draught animals needed, farmers share plough + draught animal= more farmers benefit
What was the fourth change from the early to the late Middle Ages
From the two field system to the three field system, change in the Washington which the arable land was divided and the different crops were cultivated, larger yield= more food, people were better able to withstand crop failures: two harvest moments each year meant a better chance of producing food
In the two field system only …. were produced and in the three field system?
SUMMER grain, fallow land, summer grain, winter grain, fallow land
In the agrarian revolution?
Less people were necessary to work the land, in order to produce more food
In the late Middle Ages this meant?
More people started to specialise again, more trade, rise of cities
