For many people, the word “guild” evokes medieval trade guilds — associations of masters and apprentices practicing a common craft and protecting their common interests. With the support of a $250,000 ...

Abby Hicks has wanted to fight with swords since she was eight years old. But when she was growing up in the early 1990s, it wasn’t necessarily something a lot of girls did. Today the Brackenridge ...

Sheilagh Ogilvie’s compendious history “The European Guilds” serves two distinct purposes. As an economic analysis of one of the most important institutions in medieval and early modern Europe, ...

Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts has come up with a new way to teach, in addition to classroom instruction. Actually, this “new” way is actually quite old: medieval guild-like organizations ...

Medieval times saw the rise of guilds that governed the functioning of artists, architects, and other professions. Those were times when art was considered elite and sophisticated. The work done by ...

The City Guilds have medieval origins, but they — and their young members — are as relevant as ever, says Rafael Steinmetz Leffa As London’s financial and professional sectors evolve, so must its ...

Performers and stable hands at Medieval Times have voted to join the American Guild of Variety Artists, despite management arguing that some of the workers should not be included in the bargaining ...

What was life really like for the merchants, craftsmen and traders in London in the middle ages? Whilst the majority of people who worked in the Medieval Period were peasants, a significant community ...