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Because merchants did nothing to help their community and lived off other people's labor.
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What is a brewers place on the hierachy in medieval society?
Brewers were freemen, and were above serfs but below the nobility, in the middle class with other merchants and tradesmen.
How did the Crusades lead to the end of feudalism?
The crusades helped to end Feudalism by changing the triangle hierarchy and shifting the power. During the crusades the Christians and European people started to not only hate the wonderful Muslims but envy their work and great ideas. So the Europeans started to do business and trade with the Muslims. Peasants started to see they could better themselves by leaving the manor and becoming merchants trading with the Muslims on the coastal. So now peasants were merchants and merchants were added to the hierarchy changing the triangle and feudalism. Now peasants power and wealth increased, nobles power decreased, and kings power increased by the taxing of more people. This power also decreased the nobles because their protection wasn't needed anymore due to the fact the king could now buy an army for protection. So the deal between nobles and knights soon decreased and the feudal hierarchy began to end
Who paid peasants?
the people who paid the peasants were the kngihts and lords.
Why were peasants in Europe dependent upon nobles?
Were everyone peasants, there would be no peasants.
What happened to the band of peasants lead by Peter the Hermit?
The band of peasants(the Peasants' Crusade) led by Peter the Hermit, was destroyed by Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan.
What is the outwork system?
It's pretty much a system between merchants and peasants. The merchants purchase the wool and hire the peasants to spin the wool into cloth. The peasants get paid and the merchants get the cloth they need.
What did peasants merchants and artisans do?
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How were the peasants ranked during the tang and song dynasties?
higher than merchants
Why were merchants not respected in china during the tang and song dynasties?
Merchants were not respected in Ancient China because they were thought as greedy and unproductive people. Locals thought that merchants did not help their country in any way.
What were the three levels of society during the Tang and Song Dynasties?
Gentry, Peasants and Merchants
What is the proper order of Egyptian society from highest to lowest?
Pharaohs, nobles, merchants, peasants
In 1450 most western europe inhabitants were merchants peasants slaves or wage workers?
Most Europeans were peasants who lived in small agricultural communities.
Did medievil knights have power over other people?
Yes, the merchants had power over the peasants and the serfs
What is the reason given for the merchants being at a lower social level than the peasants in Japan?
They did work
Confucianism's four-class systems?
king/priest scholars peasants artisans merchants/slaves
What is hirearchi?
Hierarchy is when a government or group of things have a class based system Ex:king Nobles Merchants Peasants
What was order of main classes during the Tokugawa era from highest to lowest?
Warriors, artisans, merchants, and peasants.
