Los colegios romanos y los gremios medievales en la historia del Derecho

Abstract

: The origins, history and development of such important legal institutions in medieval law and society, such as guilds and corporations, have long been obscured or even frowned upon, a product of the mentality inherited from the Enlightenment. This work aims to study the antecedents of medieval guilds starting from an analysis of the corporate phenomenon in ancient Rome, to then enter fully into the study and histori-cal-legal evolution of these bodies of trades in the Middle Ages, from their origins to their decay after the 16th century. The analysis will be global and will not go into the peculiarities of each country, taking the main historical and legal aspects necessary for a unitary understanding of the associative phenomenon in its history.