A guild is a union. It is the earliest form of union. People of like occupations like
tailors, butchers etc join together for several reasons. One is to ensure that the people who are in the trade are properly trained and that their work is of the highest quality otherwise they would give everyone in the guild a bad name. Secondly, the guild was
used to restrict the number of people who could work at that occupation thus limited
the amount of competition their would be for their trade or product. Thirdly, they woudl
use their numbers to fight for better laws, regulations, higher prices and lower taxes for their members. There are still guilds existing in England today.
A merchant belonged to the guild. The guild was like a union.
Merchant Guilds
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
Marco Polo at 17 with his father a Venice merchant.
There were no female merchants since women weren't allowed to own a business.
A merchant is someone who buys and sells objects for a living. A medieval merchant is one who did that during the Middle Ages
A merchant belonged to the guild. The guild was like a union.
No, a merchant was an individual who sold things, but a guild was a group of merchants or craftsmen who had certain common interests.
A milliner medieval is someone who is a hat maker and also a merchant.
They weren't.
a medieval merchant would either live in a seperate house in the same village/town or have his house built into his shop :)
they had pesants and serfs do the work for them
Merchant Guilds
A merchant
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
Merchant's ate honey, fruit, vegetables, and bread.
a midevil merchant class town dweller is a man who sold products in that era and lived in a town with class and dwelled on his problems