Life in Medieval Towns

A written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community, class of people, or organization

• Contract

• Law

• Charter

• Agreement

An organization of people in the same craft

• Guild

• Group

• Trade

• Union

Choose ALL of the options of services that guilds provided....

• High standards for their craft

• Protection for doing a certain type of work

• Free teaching of their craft

• Plays from the bible relevant to their craft

A person who works for a master in a trade or craft in return for trading

• Master

• Journeyman

• Apprentice

• Leader

A body of rulings made by judges or very old traditional laws that become part of a nation's legal system

• Common Law

• Commonality

• Court System

• Trial by Combat

What led to the surplus of food and trading in Medieval Europe? (More than 1 correct)

• More variety of seeds

• Improvements in agriculture technology

• Better weather

• Better farming practices

A reason towns grew wealthier

• Trade of food

• Surplus'

• Specialization

• Factories

The practice of towns becoming very good at making certain types of goods (glass, silk, cloth, etc.)

• Guilds

• Specilization

• Trade

• Surplus

Two main types of guilds (Choose 2)

• Craft

• Merchant

• Agriculture

• Clothing

The Jewish communities of this time faced many prejudices, but what was a profession they were allowed to do?

• apprentices

• slaves

• farmers

• bankers/moneylenders