<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Guild - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Guild&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>A <b>guild</b> (, ) is a <a href="page.php?w=professional_association">professional association</a> of <a href="page.php?w=artisan">artisan</a>s and <a href="page.php?w=merchant">merchant</a>s who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory. The word derives from <a href="page.php?w=Guilds_in_Medieval_Europe">medieval Europe</a> where guilds were probably at their most extensive, but it has been used to describe similar groups before and after that period and in other parts of the world. Typically the key "privilege" was</p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Guild&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
