Entrance

Ahhh, yes. The new applicants. Come in! Come in! My name is John Livermore and I am a journeyman here at Guild Hall. I have the duty of showing new applicants "the ropes" so to speak. If you follow me I will take you to the main part of Guild Hall where you will be able to meet many of the masters of our various guilds represented here. As we walk, you may ask me questions and I will try to answer them.

 

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• Ask about "The Development of Craft Guilds"
• Ask about "Early Guild Regulations"
• Ask about "Apprenticeships"
• Ask about "Journeymen"
• Ask about "Women in the Guilds"
• Ask about the "Social Services of the Guilds"
• Ask about "The Great Weakness of the Guild System"
• Ask about "Guild Links Outside of Guild Hall"
• Ask about "References"

Entering great room of Guild Hall

Guild Links

Guilds

http://www.sinclair.edu/sec/artman263/ma263/gl1.htm

From Sinclair Community College comes this site which is the focus for a unit to explore guilds. They take a look at the guilds of Florence, Italy and discuss the work of the Florentine sculptor Donatello.

 

History of Guilds

http://reniassance-faire.com/Renfaires/Entertainment/History-of-Guilds.htm

A short history of the guild system during the middle ages in Europe.

 

The Renaissance

http://www.arts.univnorthco.edu/Art680/Renaissance.HTML

Part of a unit from the University of Northern Colorado's art department, this section of their site contains a nice overall presentation on guilds and the changing social order during the Renaissance in Europe.

 

Topics in Western Civilization: Ideals of Community and the Development of Urban Life, 1250-1700 (1986 Volume III)

http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhtl/curriculum/guides/1986/3/

From Yale University, this site has great sections on the following topics: The English Guild Method of Learning; Masks, Costumes, Ceremony Life in Seventeenth Century France; Medieval Life: Squires, Maidens and Peasants; The Ideas and Ideals of Man, From the Renaissance to the Reformation; Wooster Square in the Context of the Italian Renaissance; Feasts, Fairs and Festivals: Mirrors of Renaissance Society; The Vision of the City in the Mind's Eye, 1250/1700; and The Illusion of the Renaissance. Pick your topic and you will find some great information.

 

Credits:

Picture courtesy of Stewart Quinsolve at website William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon: Brief History, Times and References http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/soawshst.htm

References:

Bunson, Matthew E. (1995). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Facts On File. New York, New York.

Clare, John D. (ed.) (1993). Fourteenth Century Towns. Random House, UK.

Durant, Will (1953). The Renaissance: A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304-1576 A.D. Simon & Schuster. New York, New York.

Hale, John. (1994). The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. Atheneum. New York, New York.

Hale, John R. (1965). Renaissance. Time Incorporated. New York, New York.

Harrison, Molly (1978). Children in History: 16th and 17th Centuries. Hulton Educational Publications, LTD., Cambridge, UK.

Jordan, William Chester (Ed.) (1996). The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students Vol.2.. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, New York.

Painter, Sidney (1951). Mediaeval Society. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

Strayer, Joseph R. (Ed.). (1985). Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Volume 6. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, New York.

Walker, Paul Robert (1995). The Italian Renaissance. Facts on File, New York, New York.