WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a guild?
A
An association of craftspeople
B
A social class
C
A military unit
D
The name for the special doctors during the Black Death
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as a confraternities of tradesmen, normally operating in a single city and covering a single trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -guild, also spelled gild, an association of craftsmen or merchants formed for mutual aid and protection and for the furtherance of their professional interests. Guilds flourished in Europe between the 11th and 16th centuries and formed an important part of the economic and social fabric in that era.

Detailed explanation-3: -Craft guilds, on the other hand, were occupational associations that usually comprised all the artisans and craftsmen in a particular branch of industry or commerce. There were, for instance, guilds of weavers, dyers, and fullers in the wool trade and of masons and architects in…

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Guilds were influential producers’ unions that educated craftsmen, retained output control, regulated competition and prices, and limited the introduction of new people into the trade. The monopoly right to manufacture and trade in particular goods was given to them by the rulers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Examples include weavers, dyers, armorers, bookbinders, painters, masons, bakers, leatherworkers, embroiderers, cobblers (shoemakers), and candlemakers. These were called craft guilds.

Detailed explanation-6: -Shrenis were associations that merchants and craftsmen formed. They came together to discuss common topics. These shrenis of craftspersons provided training, procured raw material, and distributed the finished products.

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