Describe the Guild System That Developed Alongside Greater Urbanization in Europe

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Essay

Describe the guild system that developed alongside greater urbanization in Europe during the high middle ages.What factors encouraged the growth of guilds? What effect did they have,if any,on gender relations or the role of women in the economy?

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Definitions:

Sharecropping Contract

An agricultural system prevalent after the Civil War where landowners allowed tenants to use the land in return for a portion of the crops produced on their portion of land.

Economic Slavery

Describes a condition where individuals are so financially indebted or economically constrained that they have no choice but to work for minimal pay, effectively being bound to their employers.

Ex-Slave

A person who was formerly enslaved but has since gained freedom, either through legal emancipation, escape, or the end of slavery as an institution.

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.