Regulate production or trade ;)
Trade was organized primarily by tradesmen's guilds. The organization was influenced to a degree by laws and taxes, but these were usually fairly simple, and not as detailed as guild regulations. Often, laws were enacted at the request of guilds or groups of merchants. For example, a king's decision of which villages would get town charters, was commonly based on advice from the merchants and tradesmen, who would benefit or find themselves having more competition based on where the towns were positioned.
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
Labor Unions
Some examples of guilds craft's is shoe making. Chaosleon321
Guilds organized trade in medieval cities and towns.
Like their counterparts in medieval European towns, the artisans were organized into guilds.
Guilds
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
No. Neither was really "rich". Guilds didn't determine wealth in an area. Guilds were unions of people with like jobs.
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.
Guilds
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Trade was organized primarily by tradesmen's guilds. The organization was influenced to a degree by laws and taxes, but these were usually fairly simple, and not as detailed as guild regulations. Often, laws were enacted at the request of guilds or groups of merchants. For example, a king's decision of which villages would get town charters, was commonly based on advice from the merchants and tradesmen, who would benefit or find themselves having more competition based on where the towns were positioned.
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