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Recent historiography has started to see crafts and guilds in the nineteenth century in the Middle East as more than just the declining remnants of a traditional past. On the basis of new (and old) sources—censuses, petitions and contemporary accounts—this dissertation discusses…

This dissertation is a study of craftsmen and merchants in Egypt and the Roman Empire, specifically the guilds these individuals formed to meet common economic, social and legal goals during the first seven centuries CE. Documentary papyri that preserve guild charters, contracts…

This dissertation provides a wide-ranging analysis of the socio-economic life of the non-elite urban population of Rome and their interactions with the institutions and administration of the city from 275 until 455 CE. The traditional view holds that during this period the life …

This thesis research analyzes how crafting groups, like quilting guilds, contribute to women’s intangible cultural heritage in the United States. Sewing and textile crafts have long been a gendered practice since the country’s colonization. As a result, the knowledge of crafting…