A merchant belonged to the guild. The guild was like a union.
Craft guilds made items for the merchant guilds while the merchant sold the items.
A guild is a union of people do or make the same things.
No, a merchant was an individual who sold things, but a guild was a group of merchants or craftsmen who had certain common interests.
merchant guild would buy merch and then sell while craft guilds would sell the stuff they made i think...
what are examples of a craft guild
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.
The only difference was what they made or sold.
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.
It was commissioned and paid for by the Wool Merchant's Guild or "Arte di Calimala".
Henry Lennox Hopkinson has written: 'Report on the ancient records in the possession of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of theFraternity of St. John Baptist in the City of London' -- subject(s): Guild of Merchant Taylors of the Fraternity of St John the Baptist 'The anniversary of John Vernon, citizen and Merchant Taylor'
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....