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guild Association of craftsmen or merchants in medieval Europe. Merchant guilds probably developed from earlier religious associations and sometimes became more or less synonymous with municipal government. Guilds controlled economic conditions in the interest of their members, but were eclipsed by the development of capitalism.
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Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars Expansion Announced.
Business Wire; 3/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...High-Flying Online Roleplaying Franchise Guild Wars: Eye of the North Scheduled for Holiday...for the future of the hugely successful Guild Wars([R]) franchise. The companies...underway on a full sequel to the original Guild Wars games. Guild Wars 2([TM]) will...
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Guild Wars: Eye of the North Goes Live, Expanding Guild Wars World.
Business Wire; 8/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...Expansion to Award-Winning, Subscription-Free Guild Wars Franchise, Builds Bridge to Guild Wars 2 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- NCsoft([R]) and ArenaNet([R]) have launched Guild Wars: Eye of the North([TM]), the first...
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Guild Socialism and the Historians.
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...whether through separate guilds or through the state was controversial.(3) Guild Socialism formally operated...propagandist body, the National Guilds League (NGL) (1915...attracted to the operatives' guilds which had some brief success in putting Guild ideas into practice in...
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Guild Wars: Eye of the North Readies For August 31 Release.
Business Wire; 7/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...99 Price for First Ever Expansion of Guild Wars Franchise BELLEVUE, Wash. -- NCsoft...and ArenaNet([R]) announced that Guild Wars: Eye of the North([TM]), the...ever expansion to the subscription-free Guild Wars([R]) franchise of fantasy online...
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Guild Wars Music to Be Featured at 'PLAY! A Video Game Symphony'.
Business Wire; 12/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...R]) has announced that music from its Guild Wars([R]) franchise of games will...of top videogames, including songs from Guild Wars. The tour kicks off in Fort Worth...games and enhancing the entire experience. Guild Wars has been praised for its rich soundtracks...
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Guilds and the Parish Community in Late Medieval East Anglia, c. 1470-1550.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...are plentiful for the urban guilds while the Suffolk records give...insight into the role of the guilds in rural communities. In addition to guild records, East Anglian archives...Farnhill's examination of the guilds of two urban and two rural...
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Guild Wars Pre-Order Box Ships Today; World Preview Event Kicks Off October 29.
Business Wire; 9/13/2004; 700+ words
; ...anticipated online role-playing game Guild Wars(TM), and NCsoft(R), the world...computer games, today announced that the Guild Wars pre-order box has been shipped to retail and online outlets nationwide. Guild Wars, a competitive online role-playing...
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Guild Leaders Urging Writers to Vote
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/11/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward...of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend a tentative...said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch. This the best deal...
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Guild asks for denial of Blethen request
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 8/20/2008; ; 575 words
; ...Portland Press Herald (Maine) 08-20-2008 Guild asks for denial of Blethen request Byline...filed Tuesday, the Portland Newspaper Guild asked a federal judge to deny a recent...between the company and the union. The guild's latest filing claims that the federal...
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Guild Wars Nightfall Debuts to Mass Acclaim and Record-Breaking Numbers in Weekend Global Event.
Business Wire; 10/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...With the October 27, 2006 release of Guild Wars[R] Nightfall[TM] drawing close...R], developer of the award-winning Guild Wars franchise, amassing more than four...record of three million hours set during the Guild Wars Factions[TM] preview event earlier...
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Guilds
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
GUILDS GUILDS. The guild, a formal organization of craftspeople, held an important place...regime, enshrined in part in guild statutes. EXPANSION OF THE GUILD REGIME Guilds proliferated throughout Europe from the fifteenth to the seventeenth...
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guilds
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cities. The merchant guilds had vast influence in...important were the craft guilds, the associations of...e.g., the weavers guild. These grew with great...hastened the end of the guild system. The guilds, with their rigorous...
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National Lawyers Guild
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, a progressive legal organization founded in 1937 by lawyers...politically conservative and did not admit African Americans. Early guild members included prominent liberals like Morris Ernst, New Dealers...
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guild socialism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
guild socialism form of socialism...worker-controlled guilds. The theory, as originated...War I several working guilds were formed. However...the National Building Guild, collapsed in 1922...waned. The National Guilds League was dissolved...
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Theatre Guild
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Theatre Guild, New York, theatre production company, evolved out of the work...Caesar and Cleopatra was chosen as the first play presented by the Guild in its own Guild Theatre (see VIRGINIA THEATRE ). Later Shaw productions included...
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