Question

.Evaluate the circumstances that led to the growth of trade in Italy during the medieval period?

Answer 1

Medieval Trade Italy - the Crusades

The Middle Ages saw the rapid expansion of Medieval trade and commerce in Italy and the rest of Europe. The most important factor in the expansion of trade and commerce in Italy and Europe were the Crusades. The Crusades, which had facilitated the relations with Eastern countries, developed a taste in the West for their indigenous productions, gave a fresh vigour to this foreign commerce and trade, and rendered it more productive by removing the stumbling blocks which had arrested its progress

Northern and Central Italy became prosperous in the late Middle Ages through the growth of international trade and the rise of the merchant class, who eventually gained almost complete control of the governments of the Italian city-states.