With the Low Middle Ages at the 14th 15th centuries, the development of the European trade develops. Economic index of vitality, the currency penetrates all the economic activities, the commercial techniques are spread and become more and more complex.

The great international business is organized initially starting from two poles: Netherlands and Italian cities. The One hundred year old war (1328-1453) takes place between England and France. Italy supports an artistic revival, art changes it is marked less by the religion.

After two centuries of expansion will succeed 14th and 15th centuries of deep crisis: famines, the plague, of the wars and the plundering of the campaigns. It is also the modern birth of the States in France, in the United Kingdom, in Spain, in Portugal into Germanic and Switzerland.