HIST 1201H Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: The Surplus, Tillage, Barter
8 Mar 2016
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The gilds meet twice a year and are offered different amounts of ale during these meetings depending on their status. One benefit of membership is if a gildsman is ill then wine, bread, a dish from the kitchen and two approved men of the gild will be sent to visit and look after him. After death of a gildsman then all other gilds will attend his funeral and someone will watch over his body the night before it is buried. Gildsman are the only ones who can buy anything and sell it again in the same city way to show social class. This tells the historians that being a gild was something to be respected and was a. Only concerned with southampton, community centre, brotherhood. Giving to the poor and the dead. Concerned with members family, widows allowed to run their husbands business. If a member falls into poverty they will receive help from the organization, only during meetings.
