Low countries(MEDIEVAL)

Question 1

The Hundred Years war disrupted trade and led to migrants- often skilled ‘artisans’
to come to peaceful England for work from France and the …………countries

Answer 1

LOW countries

Question 2

The Bubonic plague ….. meant many job opportunities as between ….. % of
England’s population died .

Answer 2

1348

30-60%

Question 3

King’s like Ed III encouraged Flemish weavers to migrate to produce valuable finished cloth. Were allowed to settle anywhere & set up own groups to run the trade called…

Answer 3

Guilds

Question 4

Henry III encouraged weavers to migrate as there was more money to
be made in ………. and in what year

Answer 4

exporting woven cloth than just raw wool which the England had loads of sheep. in 1270

Question 5

………………weavers benefited from being invited by the King . Allowed to set up
their own guild and helped the wool trade and towns like ……. grow

Edward III promised to support them if English guilds tried to stop doing
business
Could live and work where they wanted

created more demand for ….. as more wool needed

Answer 5

Flemish

Lavenham

Shepards

Question 6

Flemish weavers, Jewish & Lombardy bankers and Hansa merchants all helped
England move from having an economy we call a ‘primary economy to becoming a
‘secondary economy. Explain what this means(t)

Answer 6

Instead of trading raw materials they trade ready made products which makes more money

Question 7

. Dutch ( low countries) taught the English to use hops to brew ….

Answer 7

beer