The Debate over Urban Guilds

By maggieoneal
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    Guilds in Paris

    The number of guilds in Paris jumped from 60 to 129

  • All-Female Guild

    Seamstresses gained an all-female guild in Paris.

  • Parisian Guild Masters

    In the 1720s Parisian guild masters numbered about 35,000 in a population of 500,000.

  • Repealing Anti-Guild Law

    When Turgot's anti-guild law was repealed and French guilds received new statutes, the government formally opened all of them to women.