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Preferred Citation:

Tailors' Guild Edict (Hochenfels, Germany), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in July 2012 by Ute Schechter, SCRC staff.

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Scope and Contents

Taylors' Guild Edict, 1707, from Hochenfels, Germany (near Amberg, Oberpfalz). Full heading in German reads:  "Signatur : An das ehrsame Handwerk der Schneider zu Hochenfels" and it is signed "Oberpfälzi[sches] Pflegamt Hochenfels."The document lays out specific rules and regulations concerning the guild.

Also included is an incomplete transcript, provided by the seller, that has not been checked for accuracy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Germany--Economic conditions--18th century
• Germany--History--18th century
• Guilds--Germany--Sources
• Guilds-Germany--Upper Palatinate--Sources