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The guilds obtained legal means to defend their market positions. During the Middle Ages, confederations of guilds often actually controlled the governments of the towns they operated in, could pass ordinances, and could enforce them.

The Hanseatic League went even further. It was a league of guild-controlled towns and cities spread through a number of countries. It had its own military and could wage war.

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What do merchant guilds provide loans and aid to?

Merchant guilds provided loans and aid to merchants and their families. A merchant guild was a group of workers in the same industry during the Middle Ages. Merchant guilds also helped with trade between other civilizations.


How did a merchant guild differ froma craft guild?

Craft guilds made items for the merchant guilds while the merchant sold the items.


What is an organization of merchants and trades middle ages?

In the Middle Ages, organizations of merchants and trades were known as guilds. These guilds were formed to protect the interests of their members, regulate trade practices, and ensure quality standards for goods and services. They provided training and apprenticeships for craftsmen and played a significant role in local economies by controlling prices and promoting fair competition. Guilds also offered social support and community for their members, often including mutual aid for those in need.


What were basic rules in a medieval town?

Merchant Guilds


Was the quality of goods in medival times controlled by the church or the guilds?

In medieval times, the quality of goods was primarily controlled by guilds, which were associations of craftsmen and merchants that set standards for products and regulated trade practices within their specific trades. Guilds established rules for production, quality, and pricing to protect their members and ensure fair competition. While the Church held significant influence over many aspects of daily life, including moral and ethical standards, it did not directly control the quality of goods in the same manner as guilds did.

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What do merchant guilds provide loans and aid to?

Merchant guilds provided loans and aid to merchants and their families. A merchant guild was a group of workers in the same industry during the Middle Ages. Merchant guilds also helped with trade between other civilizations.


What is a merchant guild?

Merchant Guilds a group of merchants. They became very powerful, making laws and rules for other merchants, causing individual trades to be endangered. This is what i THINK. so yeahh....


How did a merchant guild differ from a craft guild?

The only difference was what they made or sold.


How did a merchant guild differ froma craft guild?

Craft guilds made items for the merchant guilds while the merchant sold the items.


What is an organization of merchants and trades middle ages?

In the Middle Ages, organizations of merchants and trades were known as guilds. These guilds were formed to protect the interests of their members, regulate trade practices, and ensure quality standards for goods and services. They provided training and apprenticeships for craftsmen and played a significant role in local economies by controlling prices and promoting fair competition. Guilds also offered social support and community for their members, often including mutual aid for those in need.


What is the name for a medieval guild of merchants?

I think what you are asking about may be the word "hansa" or "hanse" which was not a merchant's guild, but an organization or league of merchant's guilds. The Hanseatic League rivaled nations for power and importance at one time.


What effect did the guilds have on competition and prices?

Guilds had effect on Competition and Prices because they were skilled like that. Also they price different things like a craft guild, for example, he makes weaves and paintings and sells them for the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Merchant makes competition because he makes things that people in everyday life need.


Who did Merchant guilds provided loans to?

To their members and their families.


What were basic rules in a medieval town?

Merchant Guilds


What did merchant guilds regulate?

prices and working conditions


Was the quality of goods in medival times controlled by the church or the guilds?

In medieval times, the quality of goods was primarily controlled by guilds, which were associations of craftsmen and merchants that set standards for products and regulated trade practices within their specific trades. Guilds established rules for production, quality, and pricing to protect their members and ensure fair competition. While the Church held significant influence over many aspects of daily life, including moral and ethical standards, it did not directly control the quality of goods in the same manner as guilds did.


What is the difference between merchant guild and craft guilds?

merchant guild would buy merch and then sell while craft guilds would sell the stuff they made i think...