Chatper 8 Pre test
How did merchants solve the problem of theft while on road ?
Bills of change
Town charters almost always included a clause about runaway serfs what was that cause?
live 1 year and 1 day will be fine
What were the steps in becoming a knight?
page, squire, knight
Define the word secular?
A worldly force
How did trade fairs help create large new towns?
Closed in the fall weather made. Roads were impossible, and Settlement attracted artisans merchants artisans goods inspiring the population boasted
Windmills were used during the High Middle Age to do what?
Grind grain into flour
Who dominated the economic and political life in medieval towns?
Guilds
New agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages led to what?
More food production, which caused population to grow
What were the three Benedictine Rules?
Obedience, Poverty, Chastity of Purity
What were two things that Guildd did to dominate town life?
Passing laws, levying taxes
What steps were required to become a guild member?
Seven or eight a child might become an apprentice. Spent seven years learning the trade. no wages.
What was the result of peasants using new tools to drain swamps and clear?
The B Reld system
What were sacraments and why were they important to Christians?
They were sacred rites of the crunch, they believed the sacraments would lead to solution or everything life with god.
Draw a feudal pyramid and explain and explain the relationship between lord and vassals?
Vassals were lesser lords and they pledged loyalty and service to the lords.
