They operate in a realm largely untouched by legislation, unions, and guilds.
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But in 1429 banners had ceased to be used save in corporations, guilds, and parishes, borne only before the armies of peace.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
Workmen ruined by the dissolution of the guilds were added to the ranks of the unhappy.
The Beginners of a Nation|Edward Eggleston.
The period since the breakdown of the Guilds has been a period of national and international economy.
Guilds in the Middle Ages|George Renard
The triumphs of the Dutch school are the portraits of the guilds.
Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878|Various
Until the Mystery play fell into disuse, the trading companies and guilds seem principally to have maintained them.
A History of Pantomime|R. J. Broadbent
Words related to guilds
federation, league, group, club, corporation, company, profession, trade, society, sodality, lodge, organization, order, union, interest group
guilds
Organizations of artisans in the Middle Ages that sought to regulate the price and quality of products such as weaving and ironwork. Guilds survived into the eighteenth century.
notes for guilds
Guilds gave way to trade unions, a very different type of organization. The artisans in the guilds were self-employed, unlike most members of trade unions.