To become a member of a guild, a person had to go through apprenticeship.
Guilds
In Medieval England, tradesmen in the same craft joined a local guild. This guild acted like a modern union in many ways. All tradesmen were required to join their respective guilds. The guilds also provided training for apprentices who were accepted into their programs.
Guild signs
Most guilds were operated by governing bodies consisting of the masters, or consisting of groups of people elected by masters. The guilds were not particularly uniform, however, and there may have been some with other types of leadership.
Labor Unions
No. Neither was really "rich". Guilds didn't determine wealth in an area. Guilds were unions of people with like jobs.
The medieval organizations of tradesmen were called trades guilds or mercantile guilds. There were also crafts guilds.
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Guilds
In Medieval England, tradesmen in the same craft joined a local guild. This guild acted like a modern union in many ways. All tradesmen were required to join their respective guilds. The guilds also provided training for apprentices who were accepted into their programs.
Guilds
Guild signs
Guilds were the equivalent to what unions were today without all of the labor rights incorporated as labor laws were much less prevalent in the medieval times. Guilds were organized groups of people of the same trade where skills were taught and shared. Some guilds even held informal/ prototypical small scale schools with workshops.
Most guilds were operated by governing bodies consisting of the masters, or consisting of groups of people elected by masters. The guilds were not particularly uniform, however, and there may have been some with other types of leadership.
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Merchant Guilds