16th CENTURY
INDUSTRY IN THE 16th CENTURY
Guilds controlled
Activities of artisans
Florence
Flanders
England
Castile
Toledo
Andalusian silk
Iron
Basque country
Water
Waterpower
Cooling
Wood (coal)
Heat
Iron
Boom of metal demand
CAUSES
The continual wars fought by the Spanish monarchs.
The demand of iron in the American colonies
The shipbuilding industry
Farming implements
Bilbao and Adur
Increase thanks to the demand of international trade
Jewelry
Silver
Gold
The prices
Production process
The conditions
ECONOMY IN THE 16th CENTURY
Subsistence
No manure
Old tools
Fallow system
Changes
Introduction of american crops
Increase in population
Need to produce more
Methods for increasing production
Farmers had to find new methods
Manure
Fertlizant for agriculture
For making manure they need fodder for animals
Crop rotation
They realised that it was inefficient
Solution
Poly-cultivation
A system that conbines animals pasture with crop rotation
Consenquece
Increase in production
Rioja and the duero
Valencia and la Mancha
Basque country
At first there was Cultivated in Andalusia
Later they also cultivated on the basque country
At first they use it only for fodder
Later they also use as foof for humans
was exported through Basque port
The mesta gain royal privilidges
Because the mesta don't pass through the lands of the farmers
Forestry and fishing
Forestry was common all over Europe
SERVICES, THE GROWTH OF COMMERCE
Merchant routes
From Europe to
All the world
Powerful cities controlled the routes
Seville
They kept money from trade between
America and Spain
Took profits selling pearls
Lisbon
Bruges or Antwerp
