Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1015 short lesson, about 20 seconds
From 14 to 74 Million: Land, Cash Rent, Coin
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The idea
Europe's population grew from the anchor's fourteen million in six hundred to seventy-four million in thirteen hundred, more than fivefold. New land was cleared, lords took cash rent instead of kind, kingdoms minted coin, and a cash economy existed by eleven hundred.
In practice
Peasants bargained for stable rents.
Where people slip
The anchor's five hundred percent is its arithmetic. The figures are attributed.
Your place on the trail
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