ECONOMIC APPROACHES REGARDING ROMANIAN CRAFTSMAN'S GUILDS, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Autor (i): Diaconu Camelia Manuela
JEL: A29, A30, B19.
Cuvinte cheie: Guild, economy, craftsman, economy, corporation, status
Abstract:
The guild represents one of the many forms of association that formed a society, whose coagulation
criterion was the profession. These forms of association originated from the administrative organs, being
emanations of a class in the process of formation, attracting to its ranks the merchant craftsmen class. The
production and sale of goods by guilds, in other words industrial and commercial aspects, were completely
intertwined with the sphere of services rendered to the population. The purpose of organizing craft guilds was to
establish new functions required by the society of that period, fulfilling both economic, social, political-military
and religious roles. Through the guild was carried out the perpetuation of the profession, the defense of
professional, economic and social interests. It also had an educational function of learning a craft, which
ensured economic stability to the functioning of the guild by acting as a well-determined social organism.
The guild represents one of the many forms of association that formed a society, whose coagulation
criterion was the profession. These forms of association originated from the administrative organs, being
emanations of a class in the process of formation, attracting to its ranks the merchant craftsmen class. The
production and sale of goods by guilds, in other words industrial and commercial aspects, were completely
intertwined with the sphere of services rendered to the population. The purpose of organizing craft guilds was to
establish new functions required by the society of that period, fulfilling both economic, social, political-military
and religious roles. Through the guild was carried out the perpetuation of the profession, the defense of
professional, economic and social interests. It also had an educational function of learning a craft, which
ensured economic stability to the functioning of the guild by acting as a well-determined social organism.
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