The Growth of Medieval Towns
Guilds & Trade and Commerce
Homes and Households & Leisure and Entertainment
Disease and Medical Treatment
Crime and Punishment
100
Mostly located on rivers and trade routes
What is Medieval Towns
100
Organization of people in the same craft or trade
What is Guilds
100
Most common building material in homes
What is wood
100
The most feared disease in medieval towns
What is bubonic plagues (black death)
100
Punishments for minor crimes (must name two)
What is fined, or put in stocks
200
One industry that towns could build their wealth on
What is banking
200
These would attract merchants from many countries
What is merchant fairs
200
The church eventually disapproved of these
What is miracle and mystery plays
200
The most common treatment in medieval towns
What is bloodletting
200
a body of ruling made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system
What is common law
300
Written grants of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community, class of people, or organization
What is a charter
300
At what age did a boy or girl become an apprentice, how long did they work as an apprentice, and what did they have to create to prove they mastered their trade
What is the age of 12, 7 years, master piece
300
Difference between mystery and miracle plays
What is mystery plays were based on the Bible and miracle plays were based on saints
300
Which disease did lepers have and what did they have to do
What is leprosy, had to live in isolated houses, far from towns
300
this type of trial, you either die or get proven guilty
What is trial by ordeal
400
Two reasons why towns were growing again
What is improvements in agriculture and revival of trade
400
a person who has learned a particular trade or craft but has not become an employer, or master & why did they become these
What is a journeyman and they could not afford to set up their own business
400
What percent of children died before they became adults, and at what age did they start preparing for their adult role. Around what age did girls get married
What is around 50%, age 7, age 12
400
6 reasons why medieval towns were not sanitary
What is the result of nor running water, outdoor privies, garbage thrown out into the street, streams, and canals, people bathing once a week, homes full of rats and fleas, and many families living in the same house
400
often carried out in public in front of large crowds
What is execution (found guilty of serious crimes)
500
what are 3 trade routes that medieval towns were located on
What is Hanseatic routes, Venetian routes, Genoese routes
500
1.practiced wicked trade(according to the church)2. Had the most power in medieval times
What is Jews practicing banking & merchants
500
A space where a merchant's family gathered to eat and talk
What is a solar
500
one way that the government helped spread diseases, such as the bubonic plague
What is locking sick and healthy up together
500
4 serious crimes in medieval towns, and two forms of execution
What is highway robbery, stealing livestock, treason, and murder & hanged or burned at the stake
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