Merchants
middle class/lower class
Merchants are similar to today's businessmen and women because they played big roles in bargaining and trading. The most important responsibility was to set up businesses or markets in towns. To help their communities they commonly traded spices, silks, salt, and textiles. Some merchants were extremely skilled and became artisans who sold clothes, beer, and glass. Again, this class of people did not gain any special rights, but played heavy roles in responsibility. The few rights they had included things related to thier work, like create and sell products, have income.