The accurate description of how merchants were viewed in medieval Europe and Japan is <u>B. In Europe</u>, they were viewed with much more respect than in Japan.
<h3>What was the class of merchants in Europe and Japan?</h3>
In medieval Japanese society, merchants were not respected as they occupied the lowest class under the Japanese feudal system.
In medieval Japan, merchants, traders, and shopkeepers were ostracized and regarded as milking others. Japanese merchants were alleged to be profiting from the peasant and artisan classes.
On the other hand, merchants were highly regarded in European society after the aristocrats and knights. European merchants enjoyed a high social status with class privileges above civil servants, scholars, priests, artisans, and peasants.
Thus, <u>Option B</u> accurately describes merchants in medieval Europe and Japan, unlike Options A, C, and D.
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