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Question 99

In what order did craft training in a medieval town pass through its three stages?

  1. Journeyman, then apprentice, then master
  2. Apprentice, then master, then journeyman
  3. Apprentice, then journeyman, then masterCorrect answer
  4. Page, then squire, then knight

Explanation

Training began with years of unpaid learning in a master's house, moved on to paid work in another man's workshop once the craft had been learned, and ended for some with admission as a master of the trade. The knightly sequence fails because those stages belonged to noble military upbringing and had no place in the workshops of a town craft.

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