Changes in Medieval Society Flashcards
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Three-field system
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A system in which lands were organized into 3 fields and 2 of the fields were planted and the other was left to rest for a year. This caused an increase in food production.
2
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Guild
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An organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions of its members.
3
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Commercial Revolution
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The expansion of trade and business in Europe.
4
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Burghers
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Merchant-class town dwellers who demanded privileges and fought their landlords to win rights.
5
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Vernacular
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The everyday language of a person’s homeland.
6
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Thomas Aquinas
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A scholar who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument in the mid-1200s. He wrote the Summa Theologicae.
