Craftworkers: Craftworkers were people who were not peasants, but not high members of nobility. They picked a profession, and became an apprentice. After becoming an apprentice, the man would have to create a masterpiece. If the man was a shoemaker, he would have to make a very perfect shoe, and if the people likes it, he would become a paid crafts worker. Craftworkers created leather, shoes, and cloth. Craftworkers included...
The two types were; merchant and craft guilds.
- Masons
- Carpenters
- Painters
- Cloth Makers
- Tanners
- Bakers
- Shoemakers
- Apothecaries
- Candlemakers
The two types were; merchant and craft guilds.
Merchants: These are the rules of the merchants...
- A ban on, or fines imposed, on any illicit trading by non Merchant Guild members
- Fines were imposed on any Merchant Guild members who violated the Merchant Guilds charter
- Members of the Merchant Guilds were protected and any Merchant Guild member who fell sick was cared for by the guild. Burials of guild members were arranged and the Merchant Guilds undertook to care for any orphans
- The members of Merchant Guilds also provided protection of their horses, wagons, and goods when moving about the land as travelling during the Middle Ages was dangerous