Question

Background information: This passage is from the rules of the tailors guild in Stendal, Germany.

The Garment Cutters of Stendal: Guild Law Revision, 1231

1. No one should presume to cut cloth unless he is part of our organization; those who break this law will pay a fine of three talents [a medieval currency].
2. Three times a year there will be a meeting of guild members, and everyone who does not attend will face a penalty.
3. Whoever wishes to enter the fraternity whose father was a member and cut cloth will come with his friends to the guild meeting, and if he conducts himself honestly, he will be able to join the guild as soon as he pays the entry fee. He will also pay six denarii [a medieval currency] to the master.

According to the passage, who has the right to be a tailor?


anyone with the money to open a shop and hire an apprentice

anyone who has joined the guild and paid its fees

anyone who has permission from the king

anyone who has signed a compact with the mayor

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Anyone who has joined the guild and paid the fees.

Step-by-step explanation:

The law states you must be a member of the organization in order to tailor, must come to guild member meetings, and can join so long as they conduct themselves honestly with a previous father as a member, and fees have been paid.