The Economics of Medieval and Early Modern Guilds
The analysis of guilds as economic institutions is largely based on Europe between about 1000 and about 1800. By Dr. Sheilagh OgilvieProfessor of Economic HistoryUniversity of Cambridge Introduction Occupational guilds have been observed for thousands of years in many economies: ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome; medieval and early modern India, Japan, Persia, Byzantium, and Europe; and nineteenth-century[…]