The English Craft Gilds : Studies in Their Progress and Decline / Stella Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Stella, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guilds--England--History.

Guilds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1927]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Expands on previous studies into the relations commonly supposed to have existed between the English government and the craft guilds through three studies on the amalgamation of individual trades and craft guilds, the conflicts between trades and crafts, and the final days of the English craft guilds.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Study One

I. The Amalgamation of the English Trades and Handicrafts

II. The Causes of the Amalgamation of the Mercantile Crafts

III. The Causes of the Amalgamation of the Handicrafts

IV. Conclusion - The Significance of the Amalgamation Movement

Study Two

The Conflict Between the Trades And Handicrafts

Study Three

I. The End of the English Craft Gilds

II. Loss Of Gild Power of Search

III. Some Last Acts of the Gilds

IV. Summary and Conclusion - The Causes of the End of the Gilds

Bibliography

Books and Articles

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89366-3

OCLC:

1100459308