In the Days of the GuildIntroductory materialReading editionChapter navigation47 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialILLUSTRATIONSTHE OLD ROADI THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK HOW ROBERT EDRUPT JOURNEYED WITH THE WOOL-MERCHANTS TO LONDONTHE BIOGRAPHERII BASIL THE SCRIBE HOW AN IRISH MONK IN AN ENGLISH ABBEY CAME TO STAND BEFORE KINGSVENETIAN GLASSIII THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW HOW ALAN OF THE ABBEY FARMS LEARNED TO MAKE STAINED GLASSTROUBADOUR’S SONGIV THE GRASSHOPPERS’ LIBRARY HOW RANULPH LE PROVENÇAL CEASED TO BE A MINSTREL AND BECAME A TROUBADOURTHE WOOD-CARVER’S VISIONV THE BOX THAT QUENTIN CARVED HOW QUENTIN OF PERONNE LEARNED HIS TRADE WHEN A BOY IN AMIENSTHE CAGED BOUVERELVI AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH HOW GUY, THE GOLDSMITH’S APPRENTICE, WON THE DESIRE OF HIS HEARTUP ANCHORVII THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY HOW NICHOLAS GAY, THE MERCHANT’S SON, KEPT FAITH WITH A STRANGER AND SERVED THE KINGLONDON BELLSVIII BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL HOW BARBARA SOLD GEESE IN THE CHEPE AND WHAT FORTUNE SHE FOUND THEREHARPER’S SONGIX RICHARD’S SILVER PENNY HOW RICHARD SOLD A WEB OF RUSSET AND MADE THE BEST OF A BAD BARGAINPERFUMER’S SONGX MARY LAVENDER’S GARDEN HOW MARY LAVENDER CAME TO BE OF SERVICE TO AN EXILED QUEENPAVEMENT SONGXI SAINT CRISPIN’S DAY HOW CRISPIN, THE SHOEMAKER’S SON, MADE A SHOE FOR A LITTLE DAMSEL, AND NEW STREETS IN LONDONCONCEALED WEAPONSXII THE LOZENGES OF GIOVANNI HOW A MILANESE BAKER-BOY AND A PADUAN PHYSICIAN KEPT POISON OUT OF THE KING’S DISHA SONG OF BIRDS AND BEASTSXIII A DYKE IN THE DANELAW HOW DAVID LE SAUMOND CHANGED THE COURSE OF AN ANCIENT NUISANCELONDON BRIDGE (1066)XIV AT BARTLEMY FAIR HOW BARTY APPLEBY WENT TO THE FAIR AT SMITH FIELD AND CAUGHT A MISCREANTMIDSUMMER DAY IN ENGLANDXV EDWITHA’S LITTLE BOWL HOW EDWITHA FOUND ROMAN POTTERY IN THE FIELD OF A SUSSEX FARMSONG OF THE TAPESTRY WEAVERSXVI LOOMS IN MINCHEN LANE HOW CORNELYS BAT, THE FLEMISH WEAVER, BEFRIENDED A BLACK SHEEP AND SAVED HIS WOOLTHE WISHING CARPETXVII THE HERBALIST’S BREW HOW TOMASO, THE PHYSICIAN OF PADUA, FOUND A CURE FOR A WEARY SOULTHE MARIONETTESXVIII THE HURER’S LODGERS HOW THE POPPET OF JOAN, THE DAUGHTER OF THE CAPMAKER, WENT TO COURT AND KEPT A SECRETARMORER’S SONGXIX DICKON AT THE FORGE HOW A SUSSEX SMITH FOUND THE WORLD COME TO HIM IN THE WEALDTHE WANDER-YEARSXX THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON HOW PADRAIG MADE IRISH WIT A JOURNEYMAN TO FLORENTINE GENIUSST. ELOI’S BLESSINGXXI GOLD OF BYZANTIUM HOW GUY OF LIMOGES TAUGHT THE ART OF BYZANTIUM TO WILFRID OF SUSSEXTHE WATCHWORDXXII COCKATRICE EGGS HOW TOMASO THE PHYSICIAN AND BASIL THE SCRIBE HELD THE KEYS OF EMPIREPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →ILLUSTRATIONSAll chapters and sections (47)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsILLUSTRATIONSTHE OLD ROADI THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK HOW ROBERT EDRUPT JOURNEYED WITH THE WOOL-MERCHANTS TO LONDONTHE BIOGRAPHERII BASIL THE SCRIBE HOW AN IRISH MONK IN AN ENGLISH ABBEY CAME TO STAND BEFORE KINGSVENETIAN GLASSIII THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW HOW ALAN OF THE ABBEY FARMS LEARNED TO MAKE STAINED GLASSTROUBADOUR’S SONGIV THE GRASSHOPPERS’ LIBRARY HOW RANULPH LE PROVENÇAL CEASED TO BE A MINSTREL AND BECAME A TROUBADOURTHE WOOD-CARVER’S VISIONV THE BOX THAT QUENTIN CARVED HOW QUENTIN OF PERONNE LEARNED HIS TRADE WHEN A BOY IN AMIENSTHE CAGED BOUVERELVI AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH HOW GUY, THE GOLDSMITH’S APPRENTICE, WON THE DESIRE OF HIS HEARTUP ANCHORVII THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY HOW NICHOLAS GAY, THE MERCHANT’S SON, KEPT FAITH WITH A STRANGER AND SERVED THE KINGLONDON BELLSVIII BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL HOW BARBARA SOLD GEESE IN THE CHEPE AND WHAT FORTUNE SHE FOUND THEREHARPER’S SONGIX RICHARD’S SILVER PENNY HOW RICHARD SOLD A WEB OF RUSSET AND MADE THE BEST OF A BAD BARGAINPERFUMER’S SONGX MARY LAVENDER’S GARDEN HOW MARY LAVENDER CAME TO BE OF SERVICE TO AN EXILED QUEENPAVEMENT SONGXI SAINT CRISPIN’S DAY HOW CRISPIN, THE SHOEMAKER’S SON, MADE A SHOE FOR A LITTLE DAMSEL, AND NEW STREETS IN LONDONCONCEALED WEAPONSXII THE LOZENGES OF GIOVANNI HOW A MILANESE BAKER-BOY AND A PADUAN PHYSICIAN KEPT POISON OUT OF THE KING’S DISHA SONG OF BIRDS AND BEASTSXIII A DYKE IN THE DANELAW HOW DAVID LE SAUMOND CHANGED THE COURSE OF AN ANCIENT NUISANCELONDON BRIDGE (1066)XIV AT BARTLEMY FAIR HOW BARTY APPLEBY WENT TO THE FAIR AT SMITH FIELD AND CAUGHT A MISCREANTMIDSUMMER DAY IN ENGLANDXV EDWITHA’S LITTLE BOWL HOW EDWITHA FOUND ROMAN POTTERY IN THE FIELD OF A SUSSEX FARMSONG OF THE TAPESTRY WEAVERSXVI LOOMS IN MINCHEN LANE HOW CORNELYS BAT, THE FLEMISH WEAVER, BEFRIENDED A BLACK SHEEP AND SAVED HIS WOOLTHE WISHING CARPETXVII THE HERBALIST’S BREW HOW TOMASO, THE PHYSICIAN OF PADUA, FOUND A CURE FOR A WEARY SOULTHE MARIONETTESXVIII THE HURER’S LODGERS HOW THE POPPET OF JOAN, THE DAUGHTER OF THE CAPMAKER, WENT TO COURT AND KEPT A SECRETARMORER’S SONGXIX DICKON AT THE FORGE HOW A SUSSEX SMITH FOUND THE WORLD COME TO HIM IN THE WEALDTHE WANDER-YEARSXX THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON HOW PADRAIG MADE IRISH WIT A JOURNEYMAN TO FLORENTINE GENIUSST. ELOI’S BLESSINGXXI GOLD OF BYZANTIUM HOW GUY OF LIMOGES TAUGHT THE ART OF BYZANTIUM TO WILFRID OF SUSSEXTHE WATCHWORDXXII COCKATRICE EGGS HOW TOMASO THE PHYSICIAN AND BASIL THE SCRIBE HELD THE KEYS OF EMPIREHow Tomaso the physician and Basil the scribe held the keys of Empire◇← Front matterILLUSTRATIONS →