In many places, the economic and political life was dominated by guilds of merchants and tradesmen. The domination was profound enough that there were many medieval towns and cities of a type called communes (commonwealths might be a better way of putting it in modern English), and the communes were run as republican cities, some within monarchies, and some independent.
No. The increase in the power of the Church happened in the Roman Empire at a time when the economic and political power was mostly in the hands of the military. In the Middle Ages, the aristocracy gained military power, and the rise of the middle class only happened during the Middle Ages after that.
In the Middle Ages, most economic systems were dominated by agriculture, and most people worked on farms or manorial estates.
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Roman Catholic AnswerWhat political and economic power the Church had at the time was challenged by the princes of Europe who used the "reformers" to further their own agenda. Henry VIII and the German princes were prime examples.
No. The increase in the power of the Church happened in the Roman Empire at a time when the economic and political power was mostly in the hands of the military. In the Middle Ages, the aristocracy gained military power, and the rise of the middle class only happened during the Middle Ages after that.
political participation among Americans can best be described as a ______ activity? a. futile b. middle-class dominated c. female-dominated d. working-class dominated
Feudalism
In the Middle Ages, most economic systems were dominated by agriculture, and most people worked on farms or manorial estates.
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In many towns, the economic and political live was dominated by guilds or confederations of guilds. You should remember that this was not universally true, and there was enormous variation in town governments.
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Roman Catholic AnswerWhat political and economic power the Church had at the time was challenged by the princes of Europe who used the "reformers" to further their own agenda. Henry VIII and the German princes were prime examples.
Towns were often dominated by guilds, made up of merchants, tradesmen, and craftsmen. Very frequently there were multiple guilds involved in running a town, acting together. The towns and cities were highly varied in their political structure. In some places, there was a patrician class that had a status between the nobility and the merchants. Some towns and cities had elected leaders who were autocratic. Others had councils that were made up of guild members. Yet others had an almost democratic foundation. Some towns and cities were within empires or kingdoms, and others were not.
The progressive era was a combination of middle class , upper middle class and even higher classes that challenged the hierarchies of the rigid political system, bureaucracy in social system with initial monopolistic economic growth prospects.
ISLAM, led by the Ottoman Caliphate and the Safavid Empire, dominated the Middle East in 1500.