[DOC] [TLE] Guild - Wikipedia [PAR] Guilds were and are associations of artisans or merchants who control the 
practice of their craft ... In medieval cities, craftsmen tended to form associations 
based on their ... The latest guilds to develop in Western Europe were the 
gremios of Spain: e.g., ... These are defining characteristics of mercantilism in 
economics, which... [DOC] [TLE] guild | trade association | Britannica.com [PAR] Guild, also spelled gild , an association of craftsmen or merchants formed for ... 
Guilds flourished in Europe between the 11th and 16th centuries and formed an 
... the fall of the Western Roman Empire, guilds disappeared from European 
society for ... between these different institutions, and the origins of the medieval 
guilds... [DOC] [TLE] World History Timeline Medieval European civilization - TimeMaps [PAR] Medieval European society grew out of the ruins of the Roman empire. ... The 
Church was a the wealthiest landowner in western Europe. ... These townsmen 
worked as merchants, craftsmen and labourers. ..... In origin, they were 
communities of teachers (all clergymen) who banded together in a loose 
association to study... [DOC] [TLE] Medieval Guilds - EH.net [PAR] Guilds existed throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. ... Guilds filled many 
niches in medieval economy and society. ... Merchant guilds tended to be 
wealthier and of higher social status than craft ... These occupational 
organizations engaged in a wide array of economic ..... Building Craftsmen in 
Late Medieval York. [DOC] [TLE] The medieval town in Europe [PAR] In the early centuries of the Middle Ages, in Western Europe was accelerated ... 
exclusively agricultural and rural society, the base of the social and economic life 
were the ... Mainz, towns with a Roman origin, drew in the 10th  the 11th 
centuries craftsmen and merchants who settled here because these towns were 
placed. [DOC] [TLE] Middle Ages, Towns In The Middle Ages - World History International [PAR] A catalyst of the medieval commercial revolution was the opening of the. 
Mediterranean ... merchants and goods from Italy and northern Europe met. 
During the... [DOC] [TLE] Middle Ages, Dynamic Culture of the Middle Ages [PAR] Political Organization In The Early Middle Ages ... And to many people, the word 
medieval (Latin medium aevum; "middle age") wrongly suggests a cultural 
intermission between the classical ... These changes created new, more 
independent classes. ... European merchants and investors formed competing 
trade networks. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 13: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance - AP ... [PAR] The fourteenth century witnessed the beginning of remarkable changes in the ... 
In the great commercial revival of the eleventh century, northern Italian cities led 
the way ... with the Middle East and Europe (exchange between the East and 
West) ... in Florence but toward the end of the thirteenth century, Florentine 
merchants... [DOC] [TLE] Guild - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jan 22, 2014 ... The medieval merchant and craft guilds provided a strong .... The latest guilds to 
develop in Western Europe were the gremios of ... These were the predecessors 
of the modern patent and trademark system. ... The guild was at the center of 
European handicraft organization into the sixteenth century. [DOC] [TLE] Medieval Miscellany [PAR] Western Europe was then on the fringes of the civilized world, and these tribal 
cultures ... The craftsmen and merchants who emerged to fulfill these tasks were 
... This, in a patriarchal society, meant passing from father to son, and if a son was
... [DOC] [TLE] History 266: World History from the Renaissance to Imperialism ... [PAR] Lecture 3: Fifteenth Century Europe: Social and Economic Changes ... expansion 
of western Christendom between the 11th and 13th centuries in the form of the .... 
These merchants also did much to create modern bureaucracies staffed by ... 
Thus, by extension, the focus was away from God and religion, to man and 
society. [DOC] [TLE] Gilds - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] Medieval gilds were voluntary associations formed for the mutual aid and ... 
These are more clearly referred to in England in the second half of the 9th ... in 
dealing with the origin of municipal government throughout western Europe, .... 
Separate societies of craftsmen were

Question: These societies for craftsmen & merchants originated in western Europe in the 11th century
Answer: Guilds