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Guild

A guild (/ɡɪld/, GHILD) is a professional association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory. The word derives from medieval Europe where guilds were probably at their most extensive, but it has been used to describe similar groups before and after that period and in other parts of the world.

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Early history

Middle ages and early modern period

Guilds outside Europe

Modern guilds

In fiction

Examples of guilds

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Guild

Nodes136
Edges135
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014706
Components1

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related to In fiction · 38
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related to Women's participation · 23
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related to history · 18
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related to Role · 18
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related to External links · 17
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related to Further reading · 14
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related to Guilds outside Europe · 14
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related to Modern guilds · 12
Guild → Britain, English, European, In, Middle Ages, Paralleling, Professional, Professions, These, Though, United States, US
related to Examples of guilds · 10
Guild → BernulphusLivery, BrusselsGuild, Catholic Police GuildTimpani GuildsGuilds, French, German, Saint Luke, Spain, St, United KingdomMeistersinger, Valencia
related to Quasi-guilds in the information economy · 8
Guild → Advogato, As, In, Insurance, Malone, Microsoft, The, Thomas

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guilds professional craft trade city association economic medieval members also membership many work accreditation practice middle modern law london states

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Guildis alabor union for journalists and other newspaper workers0.90text
Florenceinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
Parisinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
Barcelonainstance ofIn major cities0.80text
and the German free citiesinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
guilds became central to economicinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
civic lifeinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
often numbering in the dozens or even hundreds.Guilds also fulfilled important socialinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
political functionsinstance ofIn major cities0.80text
surgeonsinstance ofwith others open to women0.80text
glass-blowersinstance ofwith others open to women0.80text
Adam Smith argued that guild monopolies inhibited free tradeinstance ofwhere some guilds had been predominantly female since medieval times.Fall of the GuildsEnlightenment thinkers0.80text

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