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1 online resource |
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""Cover""; ""The Art of Solidarity in the Middle Ages: Guilds in England 1250â€?1550""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""1: Immunity""; ""Human frailty""; ""Guilds""; ""Politicized histories""; ""̀CommunityÂ? versus ̀the individualÂ?""; ""̀Worms in the entrailsÂ?""; ""̀Cradles of popular libertyÂ?""; ""Community and modernity""; ""The limits of community""; ""Contact and immunization""; ""Social ethics""; ""Conclusion""; ""2: Ethics""; ""The good life for all""; ""Practice makes perfect""; ""Responding to change"" |
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""̀Love thy neighbourÂ?""""The price of entry""; ""At odds with the world""; ""Forging moral selves""; ""Ethics of care""; ""Documenting ethics""; ""A new life""; ""A code for living""; ""Correction and arbitration""; ""Priests in service""; ""Habits of devotion""; ""Charity""; ""Conclusion""; ""3: Friendship""; ""Historicizing friendship""; ""An emotional history""; ""Making friends""; ""The currency of friendship""; ""Brotherly love""; ""Active love""; ""Beyond kinship""; ""Friendship networks""; ""Conclusion""; ""4: Sacrament""; ""By invitation""; ""Bread-sharers""; ""Processional"" |
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""Rehearsing Roles""""The peopleÂ?s Mass""; ""A Eucharistic Feast""; ""Entertaining Angels""; ""Networking""; ""Peace-making""; ""̀Love brethrenÂ?""; ""Conclusion""; ""5: Trust""; ""Constraints and opportunities""; ""Crafts and other associations""; ""Credit relations""; ""Beyond the margins""; ""Free association""; ""Collaboration""; ""Masters and journeymen: overlapping worlds""; ""Fraternal networks""; ""Pressure groups""; ""Conclusion""; ""6: Community""; ""The burden of worldly office""; ""Community as a debt""; ""Common goods""; ""Urban community""; ""Civic spirit"" |
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Guilds and politiesThe community of the dead -- To have in mind -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Why did many thousands of men and women join a guild in medieval England? Gervase Rosser explores the conception and workings of these family-like societies through the experiences of their participants, setting them in a wider European context, and in relation to today's debates about individual identity and fulfilment in society |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Guilds -- England
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Guilds
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England
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191017551 |
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0191017558 |
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