Note 66 — Appendices
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Barzanallana defines the word gremio “as it came to be understood in Spain,” as “any gathering of merchants, artisans, labourers, or other persons who practised the same profession, art, or office; and who were bound to comply with certain ordinances, applicable to each individual of their number.”
It is well, however, to distinguish broadly between actual manufacturers or producers (menestrales de manos) and merchants or shopkeepers (mercaderes de tienda y de escriptorio), who merely trafficked in what was executed by another.