We tend to think of guilds as being old-fashioned trade unions, bringing trainees up through the ranks from apprentice to journeyman to master in exchange for a monopoly on their products. But, in ...

Central to this world was the guild. We tend to think of guilds as being old-fashioned trade unions, bringing trainees up through the ranks from apprentice to journeyman to master in exchange for ...

The Grocers' Guild for example, which oversaw the trade in spices (one of the most expensive and important commodities in the Middle Ages) was an incredibly rich and powerful association as is ...

Like the guild system, the hereditary principle is a sound, old-fashioned idea that is well worth revisiting. In the meantime, we hope that you will join us in supporting this new qualification.

Law Firms: "The Last Vestige of the Medieval Guild System" By peter Jan. 29, 2007 3:32 pm ET Share ...

Rottenmann, Austria, July 2005; JoWooD Productions, 4Head studios and Koch Media will present the unique medieval game "The Guild 2" at Games Convention in Leipzig to the public.

The horsemen, courtiers, stablehands and other performers at ye olde New Jersey tourist attraction formed a new kind of medieval guild when they voted to unionize. By Julia Jacobs LYNDHURST, N.J ...

One guild is for vintners, another for masons, and so on. There are hundreds of guilds across England, Pearce says, and each provides a way for craftspeople to share certain tricks of their craft.