Before this, however, while a struggle went on between the town authorities and the craft gilds, journeymen began to form companies of their own, and the result of the various conflicts may be seen in an act of Henry VI.
In England specialized control of industry and trade by craft gilds, journeymen's gilds, and dealers' associations gradually took the place of the general supervision of the older merchant gild.
Sidenote: Partial Decay of Craft Gilds] By the opening of the sixteenth century the craft gilds, though not so weakened as the merchant gilds, were suffering from various internal diseases which sapped their vitality.
Where the merchant gilds became oppressive oligarchical associations, as they did in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent, they lost their power by the revolt of the more democratic "craft gilds.
There is a certain amount of assumption in talking about the introduction of craft gilds, because it suggests the belief that they were not a native development.
Institutions analogous to craft gilds appear to have existed in some of the towns of Northern France time out of mind, and some can apparently trace a more or less shadowy connection with the old Roman Collegia.
These few remarks may suffice in justification of the phrase the "introduction of craft gilds.
Sidenote: Rise of Craft Gilds favoured by Merchant Gild and Communa.
Just as the Merchant Gild differentiated itself into Craft Gilds, the Craft Gilds afterwards again in the aggregate took the name and style of the Merchant Gild.
The earliest mention of Craft Gilds is in the reign of Henry I.
Our attention will consequently be chiefly directed to an examination of the history and development of the Craft Gilds.
In dealing briefly with the modern history of craft gilds, we may confine our attention to England.
In the 13th century the trade of England continued to expand and the number of craft gilds increased.
The greater the commercial and industrial prosperity of a town, the more rapid was the multiplication of craft gilds, which was a natural result of the ever-increasing division of labour.
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