What impact did the economic system have on the medieval European society?

Answer 1

The economic system had enormous impact on the medieval society.

In the early middle ages, the economic system was in a shambles in Western Europe. People had to rely on the local lords and the Church for guidance and governance. There were few economic opportunities. In other words the the economic system influenced the society by its weakness.

Later, travel increased. This was impelled to some extent by the crusades, and was furthered when the Mongols secured the silk road, making trade between Europe and China possible. This created interest in the outside world and things to which people were not accustomed. Silk and spices became important.

The rise of banking, particularly in Italy, and the development of the Hanseatic League had the effect of producing the medieval communes, which were not communes in the modern sense, but rather walled towns and cities of people who bonded together for mutual interest, both for defense and for trade. Since the reason for such communities to exist was largely mercantile, it was often the merchants who ran the cities, and the governments tended to be republican and sometimes were to some degree democratic.

Answer 2

A. Towns and cities got smaller. B. Oxen weren't strong enough to carry the new heavy plows. C. Farmers no longer let fields lie fallow. D. The increased trade between farmers and merchants led to the growth of towns into cities.

either one of those...