Craft-Guilds of the Thirteenth Century in Paris (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Craft-Guilds of the Thirteenth Century in Paris The book which is the obj ect of this study - the Livre des Me'tiers, owes its origin to a capable official of Louis IX, Etienne Boileau. He was appointed prevot of Paris about This official had the rank of the first bailiff of France. His 'office' was the Chatelet, where he judged in person the greater part of the civil and criminal cases in Paris and the vicomte', he was judge of appeal from the feudal nobles and ecclesiastics who still had fiefs in Paris. He had charge of the military service, of the policing, the finance and 'justice' of Paris and its suburbs. This official, or the holder of this office, who administered with firmness and loyalty, wished to cor rect the faults incident to' the jurisdiction over the gilds, by establishing in writing the 'constitution' of each gild. The masters of the gilds accordingly presented their regulations, and the result is a register of the laws and customs of 101 craft-gilds of Paris.2 Some of the priviliges or implied immu nities pretend exceeding antiquity. The stone-cutters claim immunity from the duty of the watch from the time of Charles Martel. Upholsterers cite privileges granted by Louis the VII, and the bakers claim from Philip Augustus the right to exclude 'foreign' bakers (i.e. Bakers from outside Paris), from the markets except on Saturdays. What we have then in this in valuable Livre is a cross-section of the commercial and indus trial life of Paris in the third quarter of the 13th century. A study of this manuscript will show a Vivid and complete picture of the working class, and, by implication, of the upper nobili ty's commercial habits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.