Project Gutenberg 2014-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 68 Cunningham, W. (William) 1849 1919 Cunningham, William Craft Gilds Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Craft Gilds" by W. Cunningham is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the significance of craft gilds during the Middle Ages, particularly focusing on their role in regulating various trades and maintaining quality standards in workmanship. Cunningham examines the structures and functions of these organizations, shedding light on their impact on the crafts and industries of the time. In the text, Cunningham delves into the evolution of craft gilds, describing their origins and the importance of oversight regarding the quality of goods produced. He outlines the various responsibilities they held, including regulating training for apprentices and ensuring honest practices within guilds. Using examples primarily from Coventry, he illustrates the tensions between craft gilds and municipal authorities, as well as disputes among different gilds and their members. The book concludes with reflections on the decline of these institutions and their relevance to contemporary society, emphasizing the need for new forms of organization in the industrial context of the present day. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44966/44966-h/images/cover.jpg en Guilds HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 68319 68155 2024-09-18T19:23:29.143582 2023-09-19T14:35:34.263831 text/html text/html 63482 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 63122 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 51286 2024-09-18T19:23:31.325548 application/epub+zip 50269 2024-09-18T19:23:29.732562 application/epub+zip 48920 2024-09-18T19:23:29.374569 application/epub+zip 80894 2024-09-18T19:23:32.693554 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72089 2024-09-18T19:23:31.067562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71150 2022-09-20T14:06:30.280578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57925 57736 2024-09-18T19:23:28.983570 2023-09-19T14:35:34.120823 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 57732 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 21667 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 57729 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21646 2014-02-19T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19797 2024-09-18T19:23:32.824550 application/rdf+xml 9374 2024-09-18T19:23:29.445561 image/jpeg 1859 2024-09-18T19:23:29.409558 image/jpeg 72927 2024-09-18T19:23:29.155579 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog