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  • What was an apprentice in a guild?
    A young person who trained under a master craftsman, usually for several years, to learn a trade.
  • Who were the burghers in medieval European society?
    townspeople engaged in trade and craftsmanship
  • What was the primary function of a manor in medieval Europe?
    A self-sufficient agricultural estate
  • What was the usual process for someone to become a master craftsman in a medieval guild?
    Trained as an apprentice, became a journeyman, then created a "masterpiece" to be accepted as a master
  • What was the primary goal of medieval monastic life?
    To live a life of religious devotion, prayer, and service
  • What was a monk’s daily schedule typically like?
    structured around prayer, work, study, and communal meals, with set times for religious services.
  • What was one of the key privileges of the nobility in medieval Europe?
    they were exempt from taxes
  • Which group of people were responsible for transcribing and preserving many ancient texts during the Middle Ages?
    Monks in monasteries
  • Which innovation allowed Gothic cathedrals to have taller walls and larger windows?
    Flying buttresses
  • What was the main purpose of a medieval guild?
    Guilds regulated trades, set quality standards, controlled prices, and provided support to their members.
  • What kind of privileges could a medieval town have?
    Market Rights, wall building, taxation, self-governing
  • What was a feudal contract?
    A mutual agreement between a lord and vassal where the vassal pledged loyalty and military service in exchange for land and protection.
  • What was a serf’s typical daily life like?
    Serfs worked long hours farming the lord’s land, paid taxes, and rarely traveled beyond their village, but they received protection in return.
  • When was 'the great plague'?
    1347-50
  • What was the Investiture Controversy about?
    A conflict between the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor over who had the right to appoint bishops.
  • Name famous medieval monastic orders.
    The Benedictines, Cistercians, Franciscans, or Dominicans.
  • What were the Crusades?
    A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims
  • Who was the vassal?
    a person who received land or protection from a lord in exchange for loyalty, military service, or other forms of service
  • Which medieval document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king?
    the Magna Carta
  • What is the Black Death?
    a deadly plague
  • What was a key feature of Romanesque architecture?
    Thick walls and rounded arches
  • What were the three main social classes in feudal society
    the clergy, the nobility, and the peasantry
  • What was the name of the powerful medieval trade network connecting northern European cities?
    The Hanseatic League
  • Which group made up the majority of medieval European society?
    Peasants and serfs
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