14.2 & 14.3 Flashcards
Three-field system
Farming system; three fields: one summer crops one winter crops and one dormant
Guild
Association of people working at the same occupation; controlled wages and prices
Commercial Revolution
Expansion of trade and business
Burgher
Merchant-class town dweller
Vernacular
Everyday language of people in a region or country
Thomas Aquinas
Scholar that argued that the most basic truths could be proved by logical argument
Scholastics
Scholars who gathered and taught at medieval universities
William the Conquerer
Duke of Normandy; invaded England
Henry ll
English King; married Eleanor if Aquitaine; sent royal judges and introduced juries
Common law
Unified body of law
Magna Carta
“Great Charter”; document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John
Hugh Capet
Undistinguished duke from the middle of France
Philip ll
Powerful Capetian & King
Estates-general
Assembly of representatives from all 3 of the estates, or social classes in France