HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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The rise of a merchant class weakened the power of monarch
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Feudal manors switched from agriculture to manufacturing.
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Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.
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Agriculture stopped being profitable because merchants imported food.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As towns grew, merchants gained in importance. They did not have the status of lords and landowners, but they had wealth, and lords sometimes would need to borrow money. All of this combined to make towns more important and feudal lords less so as time went on.
Detailed explanation-2: -Growth of trade and commerce The decline of feudalism. With the growth of trade and commerce a number of new cities and towns grew which provided new opportunities for work. The serfs got an opportunity to free themselves of the feudal lords by taking up work in the new towns.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the Roman Empire fell, almost all trade in Western Europe stopped. By 1100, feudalism had made Europe safer. Trade began again. As trade increased, towns grew.