| A | B |
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| Florence | A city-state that came to the forefront of Europe by textile industry and banking. |
| usury | The charging of interest on loans. |
| guilds | Organizations that regulated craftsmen, artisans and merchants. |
| Black Death | Bubonic and pneumonic plagues that swept across Europe between 1347-1350. |
| English Peasants' Revolt | 1381 -- A full-scale rebellion in reaction to the corruption of the regency government. |
| Hanseatic League | An association of German cities, originally established for economic reasons. |
| Hundred Years' War | 1337-1453 - A war fought on French soil between England and France. |
| Jacquerie | Northern France's peasants rebellion in 1358, frustrated by plague, famine, and mercenaries. |
| manorialism | The agricultural system of personal relationships that organized a labour population around the estate of a noble lord. |
| Ring around the Rosies | In reference to the plague, the swellings on the neck that characterized the disease. |
