Building Early Modern Edinburgh. A social history of craftwork and incorporation / Aaron Allen.
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- Author(s) Allen, Aaron M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2018
- Pages 304pp; illus
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Place Published Edinburgh
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the history of the United & Incorporated Trades of St Mary's Chapel, a guild formed to protect the privileges of several building crafts within a single corporate body - an arrangement here referred to as ‘composite corporatism’. Chapters include: 'Incorporation and the corporate framework'; 'Headship and inclusion'; 'Family, household and obligation'; 'Craft and kirk - security, status and shelter'; 'Craft and burgh - conflict or partnership?'; 'Conclusion - the decline of corporatism and the rise of the unfree