Questions tagged [guilds]
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What is meant by this medieval reference to combat 'under-ground'?
I was reading The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London, by William Herbert (1836), and came across an interesting turn of phrase. In a section discussing early guilds predating the ...
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How would prospective members join a medieval European guild?
On related lines,
1) How would a young person (young man) have selected a master with whom to apprentice? How did the matching up process work?
2) What motivated a master/practitioner to take on an ...
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What Were the Primary Causes of 15th to 19th Century British Chartered Companies' Failures?
A Wikipedia list suggests that the earliest deemed English chartered trade monopoly organization was The Company of Merchant Adventurers of London in 1407 and presumably most, if not nearly all, ...
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What were the requirements in order for a man to become a burgher (or citizen) in German cities in the middle ages?
I really need some help answering this question. Could a man who lived in another town or part of Germany, for example East Frisia, about 1500 AD, go to Bremen for example and become a burgher there? ...
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