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Excerpt from Edinburgh Records, Vol. 2: The Burgh Accounts Id Edinburgh, as in some Continental cities, there was a long struggle between the merchants and the craftsmen or members of the incorporated trades, who were practically excluded from the administration of the Town's affairs. At length, under a Decreet Arbitral of King James VI. in 1583, the craftsmen were admitted to substantial representation in the Town Council. The Merchant Guild of Edinburgh must not be identified with the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, established in 1681, and which is so well known at the present day, although each member of the latter requires to be a Burgess and Guild Brother of the City. The payments in the Accounts relate mainly to the Kirk of Saint Giles, the secular affairs of which were under the special care of the Dean of Guild. Saint Giles (Saint Egidius) - or, as he was popularly called, "Sanct Geill " - was the patron saint of the City; and the Church named after him was the first parochial one in Edinburgh. The Saint, who had been an Abbot in France, died on 1st September 721, and the anniversary of that date was held as his Festival. According to tradition, he at one period of his life owed his preservation to a bind, the figure of which appears on the City Arms to this day. The religious life of the Town's people was bound up with the City Church. The Merchants' Guild, as already mentioned, had an aisle and altar; and each of the incorporated crafts or trades bad its patron saint with an altar in the Church, and contributed to the up-keep of the services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: specific events & topics

• Full title: Edinburgh Records, Vol. 2
• Subtitle: The Burgh Accounts (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Robert Adam
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290
• EAN: 9781332506538
• ISBN: 9781332506538
• ID: 09856377
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. August 2015

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