The Guild

Introduction Guilds of Saint Luke were one of the common guilds in the history of the art market in Early-Modern Europe especially in the Low Countries, which played a significant role in the history of art. To understand the social and economic effects on art we come across with guilds especially in the art field, St. Luke guild, which was established in many Dutch cities to protect the right of painters by making regulations. By 1829 nothing was left from prior mid-18th century (1750), possibly

are seven Guilds for the seven realms: River, Ocean, Flame, Earth, Mountain, Desert, and Sky. The purpose of the Guilds is to protect each realm from the evils of the Land of the Forgotten, and occasionally each other. Each year on the first day, the leader of the realm chooses ten children aged ten years and recommends them to the general of the Protectors Guild. The children will then undergo physical, mental, and logical testing, and the general will choose the top five to join the Guild. They will

created items needed for the kingdom to thrive. Craftsmen included candle makers, shoemakers, and farmers, but the most famous craftsmen were blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons. Every type of craftsmen were in groups called guilds and every guild needed to cooperate. If one guild failed to meet its needs, then the whole medieval structure will fail, causing the kingdom to fall. Carpenters, masons, and blacksmiths were important craftsmen in building castles and villages and you had to go through

Merchants in the middle ages were business people who participated in retail and trade. The term “merchant” comes from the Latin term “mercer” which means trafficking and from the French term “mercies” which means wares. Thus, the medieval merchant was seen as both a trader and trafficker of wares across countries. The middle ages merchant sourced for his products during his travels and would then sell them in markets and shops or at fairs. Medieval society divided itself between three societal

to one day open up a store of their own. It was interesting to learn that women also took part in guild. Unfortunately, they were not treated as well as the men. They were treated as second-class workers and second-class members. Women worked as servants, petty retailers, spinsters, midwives, prostitutes, and any occupation that didn’t involve any skills. Most women were arranged to marry Guild Masters. Some of the crafts they worked on were silk pinning and embroidery. Even though they were involved

Laxus had heard about the only other known second generation dragon slayer. Before Nirvana happened, he had heard rumours about the dark guild Oracion Seis, and it's six members and their incredible power, and twisted minds. At that time, however, the fact that one of them possessed a dragon slayer lacrima was not common knowledge, so he'd heard about the apparent snake charmer, or whatever the people believed, and shrugged it off. However, when Natsu and his team returned after taking down one

out-of-place. “It is likely that the Harvest Guild stopped fighting in return for some guarantee of their standing. Otherwise today Ness would be run by the Merchant and Craft guilds.” “That’s true,” Raef scratched his head. “They built a new Harvest House. That was probably a requirement, as well.” “Yes. That makes sense. The Harvest Guild is powerful, Raef. Do not forget that. They control the food for the entire city, and they are the largest guild in terms of numbers.” Raef thought of the recent

For my report I read The French Revolution and the People by David Andress to learn what were the reasons causing the French Revolutionary War. The main thesis of the book is the known problems and reactions which affected the events and outcomes of the revolution in every stage, now everyone in France was affected by the revolution. I agree with the author’s thesis on many different levels. Since the multiple troubles the people had at that time did not originate just then but decades before.

protagonist, went through levels of a guild that was responsible for torture. Each stage taught different requirements of the guild, but deprived him of knowing when he was getting taken advantage of or when people had wrong intentions towards him. Severian was deprived of women, which resulted in his vulnerability in love, this caused him to be easily manipulated, and taken advantage of by several characters throughout the novel. While being an apprentice of the tortures guild, Severian meets a woman by

regulated by professional associations known as guilds or confraternities.” Also, guilds promoted the interests of the members by trying to defend monopolies and to limit competition. In the late Middle Ages the cloth trade had become an important site of conflict. The Middle Ages and these conflicts became a feature of life including famine, plague, war, social, and economic conflicts. The Medieval Guild System comprised of craft and merchant guilds influencing economic and social aspects of European