Economic Approaches Regarding Romanian Craftsman'S Guilds, At The Beginning Of The 20th Century

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.