\[ **up: [[Geography]] | [[Countries of the world]]** ] --- # Germany ## Germany – History ### 1300s – 1400s Despite “the impressive advance of trade and industry”, 14th and 15th century German society was still chiefly based upon agriculture.[^1] #### Northern Germany Northern German society was characterised by great landlords tightening their hold on previously free tenants - turning them into serfs.[^2] #### Southern Germany Southern German society was characterised by peasant proprietors benefiting from a growing urban demand for grain, etc.[^3] Many peasants in southern German society practised subsistence farming.[^4] The southern practice of [[division by patrimony]] among heirs left farms impractically small; this led to people relocating to the city.[^5] [[2024-0612. 'Landless day labourers who survived the Black Death in the mid-14th century were able to command higher wages for their services.'|‘Landless day labourers who survived the Black Death in the mid-14th century were able to command higher wages for their services.’]][^6] - *See also:* [[Black Death]] --- ## Records ### Hessen - https://landesarchiv.hessen.de/ ### Catholic - [Matricula](https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/) [^1]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries. [^2]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries. [^3]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries. [^4]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries. [^5]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries. [^6]: ‘German society, economy, and culture in the 14th and 15th centuries’, *Britannica*, retrieved 12 June 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/German-society-economy-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries.