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guild

Association of craftsmen or merchants formed for mutual aid and for the advancement of their professional interests. Guilds flourished in Europe between the 11th and 16th century and were of two types: merchant guilds, including all the merchants of a particular town or city; and craft guilds, including all the craftsmen in a particular branch of industry (e.g., weavers, painters, goldsmiths). Their functions included establishing trade monopolies, setting standards for quality of goods, maintaining stable prices, and gaining leverage in local governments in order to further the interests of the guild. Craft guilds also established hierarchies of craftsmen based on level of training (e.g., masters, journeymen, and apprentices).
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The book's chronological limits and topical coverage mirror the state of the primary sources ("abundant between 1580 and 1640"), including the archives of the municipal governing body, the Consell de Cent--where Barcelona's guildsmen enjoyed representation alongside the city's oligarchs--as well as records of the principality's Generalitat, and of the royal administration and courts (xiii).
For the Common Good: Popular Politics in Barcelona, 1580-1640 by Boyden, James M. / Renaissance Quarterly
Ambivalence rather than hard and fast rules characterized the way guildsmen in Augsburg acted, and there was little uniformity in the way executioners and skinners were handled from city to city.
Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts: Honor and Ritual Pollution in ... by Sabean, David Warren / Journal of Social History
When craftsmen in Japan made katabira for ninjas and the guildsmen of Europe forged chainmail for knights, they were unaware that their armor reflected an ancient biological design used by bacterial viruses.
Protein chain mail offers amor for viruses by Travis, John / Science News
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