Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a full account of the gilds and trading companies of Kingston-upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th century . d, both in France andEngland, at the beginning of the period, there were beyondquestion throughout each country many examples of fully-formedand highly-matured Gilds, which owed their existence to anearlier civilisation. In the face of these, a purely indigenousorigin from these natural causes c


Two thousand years of gild life; or, An outline of the history and development of the gild system from early times, with special reference to its application to trade and industry; together with a full account of the gilds and trading companies of Kingston-upon-Hull, from the 14th to the 18th century . d, both in France andEngland, at the beginning of the period, there were beyondquestion throughout each country many examples of fully-formedand highly-matured Gilds, which owed their existence to anearlier civilisation. In the face of these, a purely indigenousorigin from these natural causes could not take place. Theremay well have been a complex indigenous development of theassociative principle ; in any case, if there were even an adapta- Sociological Theories as to their Origin. 19 tion of a foreign institution, there must have been a stronginfusion of native elements, and an adaptation to new conditions,but there would not have been a purely natural development fromthp. archaic forms of the family and the tribe. As Dr. Grosssays, the dissolution of the family was the occasion, perhaps, butnot the origin, of the Gild. Leaving now the discussion of a prioriprinciples we will endeavour to trace the historical facts whichhave come down to us respecting the Gild in its Chapter II. Gilds i\ Greek and Roman Antiquity


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