Explain the following: In the seventeenth-century merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages
In the seventeenth century merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages
Merchants from the towns in Europe started going to the countryside in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Merchants supplied money to artisans and peasants, and successfully persuaded them to produce for an international market.