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The rights, duties and customs, or writers, stewards and brokers

In 1464 it was announced rules of Leipziger Messe GmbH. The Code of Leipzig, established the standards governing the rights and obligations of the trade fairground, standards of due process which takes place during the market (eg on how to sell). Helpful in the organization and conduct of the fair, also turned out to be owners of inns and taverns. Served as informants. They shared the arriving merchants, business data, talked about local customs, informed of any obligations or rights.

The first, a very important duty of coming to town on the merchant market, it was writing down in the presence of the writer by weight, of all cargo imported (and therefore such beams, drums, trucks, etc.). While goods merchant who came to the village fairground, before its owner, could be recorded, sealed and deposited in a safe place for his arrival, so the same goods could not be opened in the absence of an official weight. Those among the traders who came from the village was organized market, which in addition, there zbyli its goods to the previous fair - did not pay the duty (if shown the relevant document confirming the payment of excise, in the earlier period, in the village). Besides, during the farmer's market, you could sell his goods, except marketplace. But in this case was inappropriate crossing of quantitative standards set out on the board of the Office of Weights.

During the fairs, a series of steps performed stewards. Their task was to inspect the streets and inns, to get an overview and to determine how rozlokowały a group exhibition, so a group of traders with wax, leather, linen, iron, etc., they were also reminded traders of the need to pay tax on the balance. Another group of professional traders at the fair were. Their duty was to inform about the goods intended for sale or for those that want to purchase a specific person. In both cases, the priority for the brokers, was the interest of local merchants, so buyers and sellers. Brokers also acted as a "controller" fairground goods. For example, if a food was not fit for consumption, the broker had a duty to remove it from the merchant's circulation. Care was taken so the quality of individual products sold on the art and mass (eg, fish and honey). Besides, packaged and sold during the fair, the product ought to have the relevant information given by the broker.

Arriving and staying in the market benefited from the most important mercantile rights, the right guy. It was synonymous with freedom of trade and the guarantee of acceptance and security, and customs given to the goods.

All payments markets, adjusted in cash or natural (such as spices, textiles or cereals).

Fair - In honor of

As the fair organized on holidays, or celebrations in honor of a particular patron, so also it was called. For example, market in Cologne was called St. Jakobsmesse. For example, if the spring fair in Leipzig called Ostermasse, this name pointed to take place so the family celebrations, and on the organized market. The communication and symbiosis of these two celebrations, also testified location. Namely, fairs were held in the squares or markets, directly adjacent to the churches. The English were accustomed to the location of the fair on the outskirts of cities, and as a "forum" was determined Roman square where public assembly debated, but the market was held.

Champagne fairs

The most famous, XII and XII-a century of European fairs, were the Champagne fairs. They mediated and involved in trade-oriented to the East. For example, cloth Italii provided by residents, traders szampańscy exchanged for products manufactured in the East. The Champagne fairs such goods, in turn, sent to the north of the continent.

Source: bryk.pl - Knowledge Zone