Guilds and Craftsmen
3 Categories of members of a guild
Apprentice (Aprendiz)
What he/she did?
Cleaned the house
Carried tools
He/she didn´t have a salary but he got food and shelter for free
Journeyman (Oficial)
Earned a salary
Did several things
Lived in the house above the workshop
Master Craftsman (Maestro)
He/she made his first masterpiece
He/she is allowed to open a workshop
What is a guild?
Freedom in the guilds
At that time, there was not free competition
At that time, in the guilds there wasn´t freedom of work
Why?
Because if you didn´t belonged to a guild you weren´t allowed to trade/job
You were not allowed to open up a shop
Why?
Because all shop of the same guild would have the same price
What the guilds decided?
The working hours
Who could enter the guild
Cuality of the products
Quantity of the products
Prices
The artisans in cities organise themselves into guids (Each guild is specialized in the making of "x" things)
All the shops of the same guild will be on the same street. So the name of the street normaly will have the name of the things that they build. Example: Calle Botoneras in La Plaza Mayor
There is only 1 guild per city
Each Guild has a patron. Example:
Patron of the doctors: San Cosme and SanDamian