wn community of the Middle Ages. Leading Merchant Guild members adopted the role of spokesperson for all of the members. The introduction of the Merchant guilds in a town or city lead to its own hierarchy and involvement in civic duties: The chief spokesman of a Merchant Guild became the mayor of the town, or city The leading delegates of the Merchant Guilds became the Aldermen of the town or city The other members of the Merchant Guilds became the burghers of the town or city The power of the Merchant Guild members increased to such an extent that the livelihood of individual trades or crafts within a Medieval town, or city, were being jeopardised. The Merchant Guilds were imposing regulations on the individual traders or craftsmen to regulate prices and supply. The individual workers of trades or crafts followed the example of the Merchant Guilds who had objected to the lords of land and in turn raised objections to the Merchant Guilds. The individual crafts and trades established their own guilds. The Craft Guilds were then established in the Medieval town or city of the Middle Ages.
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