From Declination To Renaissance

What cause majority of confusions in the study of medieval commerce of west Europe are the study about declination and renaissance. This article is about to consider the two questions as two developing stages in succession, and discuss them with the method of integration.The thesis think that the reasons of western Europe's commercial decline in 8-11 centuries were the absence of inside economic vigor and the destruction of the external factor, mainly including: Manorial economy's natural narrow-mindedness had compressed the space of commercial development; the suppressing of Christianity's ascetic thought based on agricultural economic base; destruction of social turmoil caused by political split state; Moslem force blocked the commercial connection between the landlocked of western Europe and the Med to a great extent; meanwhile, Nordic's deepening invasion into West European mainland, destroyed the production and the normal local trade.The West European commerce developed greatly in the 11-14th century, entered rejuvenation stage, its reason is mainly, manorial economy was declining and resolve to move towards gradually, which made self-sufficient to become impossible, population increased in a large amount this period, on one hand it impelled productivity to improve constantly, caused extensive population moving and cultivation on the other hand, has formed the new mart promoted the inherent growth of the commerce; The Norman conquest, conquest of Sicily, expels Moslem and the Crusades cleared away the road for the export-oriented expansion of theWestern European commerce as the external factor. The growth of the city formed in the commerce develops and mercantilism thought, become the important factor of modern social development and national economic take-off in Europe.