Question about the economy of France in the early 14th Century

Many time ago in a galaxy far far away I made a thread where people gave me knowlegde (for free, mind you!) about the moroccan economy in the middle ages, now I need information about the french economy.

My old thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ion-in-the-15th-century.404780/#post-13750490

I have some dificulty to find information about the french economy just before the Black Death and HYW hit that nation. Does anyone can help giving an overview of what each region produced, how much, what regions were wealthier and what regions were more valuable to the king and nobility? In other words I need an economic overview of the country and possibly the neighbour countries too.

Help me AH.com you are my only hope!
 
Many time ago in a galaxy far far away I made a thread where people gave me knowlegde (for free, mind you!) about the moroccan economy in the middle ages, now I need information about the french economy.

My old thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ion-in-the-15th-century.404780/#post-13750490

I have some dificulty to find information about the french economy just before the Black Death and HYW hit that nation. Does anyone can help giving an overview of what each region produced, how much, what regions were wealthier and what regions were more valuable to the king and nobility? In other words I need an economic overview of the country and possibly the neighbour countries too.

Help me AH.com you are my only hope!

ok... hmmm...

Well as a bystander, and a help to try and keep this thread bumped, I shall give it a shot.

The northern regions on the Seine would have probably been the most useful, with areas on the North European Plain being of key importance. Meanwhile, say Brittany or Auvergne wouldn't have been as useful due to hilly land. Toulouse seems to have been pretty important in the south, as well as Lyon, but don't forget Poitou and Calais, both great French ports.

Meanwhile looking at www.Geacron.com (Seriously look at it, map for each year of history) I see that there are large Holy Roman Empire holdings on French speaking areas today, with the British holding Bordeaux and Aquitaine for the majority of the century, and towards the later middle of the century an invasion following both Brittany and Aquitaine. I can't imagine this was great for the French economy.
 
Well as a bystander, and a help to try and keep this thread bumped, I shall give it a shot.

Thanks!

The northern regions on the Seine would have probably been the most useful, with areas on the North European Plain being of key importance. Meanwhile, say Brittany or Auvergne wouldn't have been as useful due to hilly land. Toulouse seems to have been pretty important in the south, as well as Lyon, but don't forget Poitou and Calais, both great French ports.

Yeah, based on previous talks in the forum I believe that the main interest of the king of France was to have control over the entirety of the Seine River for comunications and transport reasons, is that region more fertile than other regions too?

Meanwhile looking at www.Geacron.com (Seriously look at it, map for each year of history) I see that there are large Holy Roman Empire holdings on French speaking areas today, with the British holding Bordeaux and Aquitaine for the majority of the century, and towards the later middle of the century an invasion following both Brittany and Aquitaine. I can't imagine this was great for the French economy.

Yeah, I am looking the maps, thanks
 
Thanks!



Yeah, based on previous talks in the forum I believe that the main interest of the king of France was to have control over the entirety of the Seine River for comunications and transport reasons, is that region more fertile than other regions too?



Yeah, I am looking the maps, thanks

No problem. I don't like when my posts don't do well, I shall help you as well!

Seine is just a great river. Again, northern European plain, very fertile. With the Seine in addition to this, you've got a great region to farm from.

Geacron is the best. More need to use it.
 
The northern regions on the Seine would have probably been the most useful, with areas on the North European Plain being of key importance. Meanwhile, say Brittany or Auvergne wouldn't have been as useful due to hilly land. Toulouse seems to have been pretty important in the south, as well as Lyon, but don't forget Poitou and Calais, both great French ports.
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Nitpicking - Poitou is a region, centered around Poitiers. Did you mean maybe Nantes, or La Rochelle?
 
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