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population
in
1400
2.2mil
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what
percent
lived in urban areas
10%
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what
percent
lived off the land
90%
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population
of
London
50,000
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how many provincial towns had
3000
no more than
20
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name a provincial town with more than
10,000
Norwich
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name other towns with
8-10,000
Bristol
,
York
,
Coventry
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what
dominated
economy in urban areas
cloth
and
wool
trade
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when was there
recovery
in the economy and why
80s
and
90s
, move towards sheep farming
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why was there a move to sheep farming
pop. increased, increased demand for wool
overseas cloth trade developed
decreased profitability of arable farming
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where did
mixed farming
predominate
lowlands
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where was
pastoral farming
in
woodland
areas
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what was the traditional
manorial system
called
open-field husbandry
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what was
open-field husbandry
strips of land in a
landed estate
of open fields given to
peasants
to keep animals or grow grain
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where was
open-field husbandry
mainly
grain growing areas of
South-east
and
midlands
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what was
open-field husbandry
threatened by
enclosure
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what
percent
of the value of
exports
was
cloth trade
90%
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what did the
volume
of cloth
exports
increase by over his reign
60%
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what dominated trade in the early part of the reign
raw wool
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where was
raw wool
exported
from and by whom
east-coast ports,
Boston
, Lynn,
Yarmouth
by
Merchants of the Staple
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how did the
trade
of
finished cloth
benefit
rural communities
developed
domestic processes
such as weaving, fulling, dyeing that supplemented agrarian incomes
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name important
manufacturing
centres
East Anglia
,
West Riding of Yorkshire
, parts of
West Country
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name cloths towns that were prosperous
Lavenham and Lewes in Suffolk
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where was the majority of finished cloth export through and by whom
London
,
Merchant Adventurers
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where would the finished cloth go to (trading)
Calais
, then
Antwerp
then
Europe
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when were the
merchant adventurers
founded
1407
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what did the
Merchant Adventurers'
dominance match
that of the dominance of the
Merchants of the Calais Staple
over
wool trade
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why did the
Merchant Adventurers
have a good relationship with the crown
acted as a voice for the industry
provided expertise on negotiating trade treaties (
intercursus Magnus
and Malus)
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who enjoyed more trading privileges than the
Merchant Adventurers
?
the
Hanseatic League
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when were treaties signed reasserting
Hanseatic League
dominance
1474
+
1504
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why did
Henry
reassert the
Hanseatic league's
dominance over trade
needed to ensure they wouldn't offer support to
E of Suffolk
(
Yorkist
Claimant)
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what was the sacrifice for
English merchants
1504
treaty with the
Hanseatic League
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what was
England
dependent for trade on
cloth
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why were other industries small
required little capital investment (weaving and brewing) couldn't compete with continental competitors
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what was
Germany's
main industry
metallurgy
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what were
Spain
,
Portugal
and the
Netherlands
involved in
ship-building
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where was tin mined
Cornwall
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where was
coal
mined
Durham
and
Northumberland
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when was the earliest
blast furnace
1496
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where was
coal
shipped from and to and why
Newcastle
to
London
to meet up with their growing demand for
domestic
and
industrial
fuel
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