One way of reading Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is as a railing against the way in which the remnants of the medieval economy restricted both economic freedom and economic growth. True, it's not the ...

One of the ways, a true and correct method too, of reading Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is as a complaint against the medieval economy of guilds. There's more to it than just that of course but he ...

Ohio State Medieval and Renaissance Performer’s Guild is set to take audiences back in time ­- way back in time. The guild is scheduled to perform “The Seventh Seal” at 12th Annual Midwinter Madrigal ...

In his native England, James Pearce says, the guilds are everywhere. Drawing on a practice that dates back to medieval times, a guild is a group of craftspeople or merchants who've banded together ...

Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts has come up with a new way to teach, in addition to classroom instruction. Actually, this “new” way is actually quite old: medieval guild-like organizations ...