Medievalists.net » Guilds http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Papers on Medieval Prosopography: Session #47 at KZOO 2015 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58508 Three fantastic papers on Prosopography from #KZOO2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/29/session-47-medieval-prosopography-ii/feed/ 0 Origin and Creation: London Guilds of the Twelfth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/origin-creation-london-guilds-twelfth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/origin-creation-london-guilds-twelfth-century/#comments Sun, 25 May 2014 01:01:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49846 London, as well as other towns and cities of the twelfth century, acted as the epicenter for guilds to create a regulated authority over members, monopolies, and outside merchants.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/24/origin-creation-london-guilds-twelfth-century/feed/ 0 The Virgin Mary in High Medieval England, A Divinely Malleable Woman: Virgin, Intercessor, Protector, Mother, Role Model http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40181 This thesis examines the significance of the Virgin Mary in England between the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. The primary sources selected indicate the variety of ideas circulating about her during this period. Strictly religious texts such as the Bible and early Christian writings ground Late Medieval beliefs about Mary in their historical context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/feed/ 0 The tailors of London and their guild, c.1300-1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/08/the-tailors-of-london-and-their-guild-c-1300-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/08/the-tailors-of-london-and-their-guild-c-1300-1500/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:44:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39132 The unusually full medieval records of the guild of London tailors, known from 1503 as the Merchant Taylors' Company, provides a rare opportunity to assess the variety of roles which these organisations played in late-medieval London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/08/the-tailors-of-london-and-their-guild-c-1300-1500/feed/ 0 Handspinners of the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/handspinners-of-the-later-middle-ages-and-renaissance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/handspinners-of-the-later-middle-ages-and-renaissance/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:47:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38572 The Handspinners of Paris, France: In 1270, a royal judge, Etienne Boileau, compiled “Le Livre de Metiers” (The Book of Trades) which contained the ordinances of 100 Parisian craft guilds. By consulting the surviving tax rolls of 1292, 1300, and 1313, it is possible to determine the extent to which these crafts were practiced.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/handspinners-of-the-later-middle-ages-and-renaissance/feed/ 0 Women, Gender and Guilds in Early Modern Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/women-gender-and-guilds-in-early-modern-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/women-gender-and-guilds-in-early-modern-europe/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:52:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38537 Historians of women and gender, as we might expect, have had a different point of view. In her pioneering 1919 study of women’s working lives in seventeenth-century England, Alice Clark depicted a Golden Age in the medieval period, during which women enjoyed access to skilled and profitable work.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/women-gender-and-guilds-in-early-modern-europe/feed/ 0 Adventures far from home: Hanseatic trade with the Faroe Islands http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:48:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37712 he voyage to Iceland, now a major destina- tion, took about four weeks (gardiner & mehler 2007, 403; Krause 2010, 150). The Faroe Islands are situated more or less in the middle of that distance and provided a fine stop-over. The islands were an additional market for their trade business and in case of storms offered a safe and most welcome shelter.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/03/adventures-far-from-home-hanseatic-trade-with-the-faroe-islands/feed/ 0 Shifting Experiences: The Changing Roles of Women in the Italian, Lowland, and German Regions of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/12/shifting-experiences-the-changing-roles-of-women-in-the-italian-lowland-and-german-regions-of-western-europe-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-early-modern-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/12/shifting-experiences-the-changing-roles-of-women-in-the-italian-lowland-and-german-regions-of-western-europe-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-early-modern-period/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37045 Specifically, the thesis compares and analyzes the changing roles that women could employ economically, politically, socially, and religiously.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/12/shifting-experiences-the-changing-roles-of-women-in-the-italian-lowland-and-german-regions-of-western-europe-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-early-modern-period/feed/ 0 “How Could You Recognise a Member of the Merchant Guild in Saint-Omer around 1100?” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/how-could-you-recognise-a-member-of-the-merchant-guild-in-saint-omer-around-1100/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/how-could-you-recognise-a-member-of-the-merchant-guild-in-saint-omer-around-1100/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:55:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36898 This is another summary of a Haskins conference paper given in the session entitled: SESSION II: Who Do They Think They Are?. It deals with the customs of the guild of Saint-Omer

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/05/how-could-you-recognise-a-member-of-the-merchant-guild-in-saint-omer-around-1100/feed/ 0 The fabric of society: The organization of textile manufacturing in the Middle East and Europe, c. 700 – c. 1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/the-organization-of-textile-manufacturing-in-the-middle-east-and-europe-c-700-c-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/the-organization-of-textile-manufacturing-in-the-middle-east-and-europe-c-700-c-1500/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:45:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36302 In recent years several attempts have been made to use institutional theory to explain this divergence between the Middle East and Europe. Most of these attempts focus on the organization of international trade.

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