Thursday, February 23, 2012
Origin of Guilds
The first time the word "guild" was recorded was in 779 when Charlemagne's Frankish kingdom outlawed them, just as he outlawed excessive tolls.
—Richard Winston in
Charlemagne
(1960).
P.S. Can you tell which book I have been reading?
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