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The Magna Carta changed rights...two ways
It said that the king was not above the law, it required that when barons were charged with a crime, the would be entitled to a fair trail by jury
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Define guild
a group of tradespeople (eg.trailors)
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How did guilds help those who belonged to them?
shared resources, save supplies, command high prices, elimanate competition
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How did guilds make life difficult for those who did not belong to them?
guild drove prices up
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List 7 sanitary problems
over crowding,shared dwellings with animals, streets were often made of dust or mud, no garbage collections, no sewer systems, polluted well water, rapid spread of disease
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Wealthy people didnt like poor, name 3 excuses
smelly, ugly, unpleasant
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difference between villeins and serfs
villeins:limited freedom serfs:belonged permanantly to land
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Why peasants occasionally revolt against crown?
unreasonable high taxes, mistreatment, loss of privileges, bad working conditions
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2 important forms of entertainment for the nobility.
hawking: training a hawk to hunt prey and return it, tournament: jousting and military games
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