Guilds In The Middle Ages

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Kerry Koroma
Mark Ludlow
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January 6, 2016 ‘Guild’ is of Saxon origin and means to pay off. This word relates to the subscription that the members used to pay to the Guilds. Some other meanings of this term are livery, fraternity, fellowship, company, brotherhood, society and association. Guilds of the Middle Ages can be related to the labour unions of today that were given license from the year 1170. They used to set certain standards for the related professions and also secured the interests and rights of their faculty (Lordsandladies.org). The importance of guilds in the middle ages cannot be overlooked as they played a major part in the flow of the conventional life. Feudalism was valid in that era and people were encouraged to be a part of guild as they were given monetary support and higher status in the society. Basically there were 2 basic categories of medieval guilds; the first one was the Craft Guilds and Merchant Guilds. …show more content…

The answer to this question is the Feudalism that was growing very furiously in the medieval ages, which encouraged the land owners and lord of the properties to apply tax on the properties of people, their trade and their towns. With the increase of trade, the rate of taxes also increased simultaneously. During the medieval era in England, raising voice against this injustice by only an individual sounded a ludicrous idea, so with the mutual understanding, Guilds came into being. There were 3 levels of becoming the selective member of guild. Those three levels were 1) apprentice, 2) journeymen and 3)

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