G9 Mod. 11.3: Changes in Medieval Society

The innovation in farming radically increased food production.

• Two-Field System

• Three-Field System

• Use of mules instead of horses

• One-Field System

The Commercial Revolution replaced this Medieval economic system with capitalism.

• Socialism

• Communism

• Feudalism

• Serfdom

These included glassmakers, tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. which set standards of work, wages, and working conditions.

• merchant guilds

• Journeyman unions

• craft guilds

• Labor unions

Wrote Summa Theologicae which combined ancient Greek thoughts with Christian thoughts.

• Ibn Sina

• Aristotle

• Machiavelli

• Thomas Aquinas

Name for merchant-class town dwellers.

• Madchen

• Burghers

• Herren

• Frau

Example of a work written in the vernacular (or local language) by Dante.

• The Divine Comedy

• The Decameron

• The Prince

• The Book of the Courtier

Saint Thomas Aquinas argued that

• animals should be treated with respect.

• human reason interfered with Christian faith.

• rational thought could support Christian beliefs.

• Christians should respect the beliefs of Jews and Muslims.

How were the lives of friars different from the lives of monks?

• Monks were teachers; friars were not.

• Friars were allowed to marry; monks were not.

• Friars lived with the general public; monks lived apart in monasteries.

• Monks lived in monasteries; friars lived in convents.

What developed as a financial system of Europe during the Middle Ages?

• decrease in the size of the middle class
• expansion of the manor system
• development of banking
• wider use of the barter system 

A medieval workers’ organization where workers of the same types of jobs belonged to this organization called a

• charter
• apprentice
• guild
• monastery