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Medieval Towns

TermDefinition
agriculture the practice of cultivating the soil, growing crops, and raising livestock; farming
urbanization the process of cities growing and higher percentages of people coming to live in the city
barter exchange of goods and services without using money
surplus an amount of something left over when requirements have been met
specialize to concentrate on and become an expert in a particular subject or skill
charter a written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community
guild an organization of people in the same craft and trade; business groups
apprentice a person who works for a master in a trade or craft in return for training
journeyman craftsperson who found work "by the day" instead of becoming a master and employing others
commerce the process of delivering products from manufacturers to consumers
trade the action of buying and selling goods and services in exchange for money
merchant a person who buys and sells goods for profit
merchant fair merchants from many countries come to one location to sell goods from all over; trade fairs
market where food and local goods were bought and sold in public
leprosy a disease of the skin and nerves caused by infection that triggers open sores
bloodletting the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure an illness
trial by ordeal the accused person had to pass a dangerous test, such as being thrown into a deep well
trial by combat the accused person had to fight to prove his or her innocence
common law a body of rulings made by judges or traditional laws that become part of a nation's legal system
judiciary court system
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