Material on pre-Industrial guilds

[Magean]

Hi there,

It's all in the title. I'm looking for stuff on guilds and all sorts of regulated professional associations in pre-Industrial Europe (mostly France/England/Germany/Northern Italy/Low Countries). I'd like to know more about the following broad questions: how guilds were organized on a comparative (by location or professional sector) basis, how they developed in different eras, how they handled social conflicts, what there impact was on the economy, etc.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

 

[Count Blue]

Hi there,

It's all in the title. I'm looking for stuff on guilds and all sorts of regulated professional associations in pre-Industrial Europe (mostly France/England/Germany/Northern Italy/Low Countries). I'd like to know more about the following broad questions: how guilds were organized on a comparative (by location or professional sector) basis, how they developed in different eras, how they handled social conflicts, what there impact was on the economy, etc.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I know little but what I discovered show that the guilds were not uniform all over europe but there was differences how things were handled between the guilds of the different countries. Although many things were common. Some guilds had more strict rules like the masons for example some less like the tanners.