The European Middle Ages are famous in history, and the economy, trade and culture have reached a peak. But the level of economic development in the Middle Ages can be seen by their middle class at the time. The consumption level of the middle class can well reflect the consumption situation and economic level of the society at that time.
What is the Middle Class in Europe, most of the European middle class is made up of merchants, as well as farmers and urban dwellers. For the rich and the poor, the middle class as the foundation of a country is relatively stable and more realistic. Due to the rapid development of the economy, the trade of merchants began to prevail, many people began to establish chambers of commerce, obtained the right to travel freely, and trade began to develop rapidly. As a result, the ranks of the middle class also began to expand rapidly.
Although some wealthy businessmen began to join the middle class, but also because of their own class level difference, so the cohesion was less, its influence was relatively weak, the concept of the middle class was not strong at that time. In the medieval law of the time, the nobility was stipulated to have the right to wear special clothes, although the middle class people were not the aristocratic class, but they enjoyed the same right to wear as the nobles, which also meant that they began to be separated from other classes of people to a certain extent. In the late Middle Ages, wealthy merchants and farmers had begun to join the middle class between the aristocracy and the lower classes.
The income of the middle class has also begun to increase, although sometimes it is not as good as the income of the nobility, but it has gradually moved closer, and their income status has begun to gradually approach. In fact, the gap between the rich and the poor among the middle class still exists, and the rich merchants can obtain profits by purchasing goods from the royal family, but the small merchants can only obtain profits by commercial trade information.
The consumption level and living conditions of the flag in the cities where the middle class lives have also been greatly improved. What can be seen in particular is that in terms of diet, the dietary standards of urban residents are much higher than those of farmers, who often use wheat bread as their main food, but farmers can only use barley bread, and wineries have appeared in cities, but farmers can only rely on grain for a living, and no other way of eating has emerged. Urban citizens also eat relatively high-quality fruits and meat, but farmers can only eat low-quality meat and poultry.
at. There is also a big difference in housing, rich merchants began to buy garden farm shops, began to pursue the quality of life and the spatialization of life, they often spent huge sums of money to buy gardens, just because of their own preferences, many wealthy merchants have a large number of manors for their leisure entertainment. For the versatility of the residence, they also have high requirements. They demanded that the house should have a prayer room, a bedroom and a living room, as well as a storage room and a basement.
Tried to meet everything that life needs and was well equipped. Their way of life is no longer just for the sake of simply living, but they have begun to pay attention to their own spiritual enjoyment, but the peasants are different, they do not have such a high level of consumption, and all their needs are only to meet the most basic needs of life. This is also the gap between the middle class and other people at the bottom, and it can also be seen from how huge the gap between the rich and the poor in the society of the Middle Ages was.
Some people enjoy life, and some people just want to live. Although the middle class is inferior to the nobility in many respects, its social status is almost equal to that of the nobility. The growth of the middle class also contributed to the prosperity of the medieval economy. They have led to the development of the economy and thus to the development of culture, and the merits they have brought are indelible.
Although there is a gap between rich and poor, these rich merchants and farmers. It also contributed to the construction of the city. Their trade activities have also promoted commercial connections between different countries, which have had a certain impact on the European economy and even the world economy. The people at the bottom also provide the most basic driving force and source for the operation of the city. Everyone is an integral part of the city.