Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society

The Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow

Rachael HarkesAuthor

Departing from traditional guild studies, Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society crosses conventional historiographical boundaries to reconceptualise guild membership as both a structure for complex social relations and identities. With over 18,000 members recorded in the guild’s massive extant archive, the Palmers offer a unique opportunity to investigate the interplay between institutions and individuals in the Middle Ages.

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A group of men sit in a circle, holding hands, under an architectural stone canopy. They are all wearing red hoods and gowns that are blue on one side and white and yellow stripped on the other. Next to them, a few men stand underneath another stone canopy, which has two men standing on top of the canopy wearing red hoods.
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Cover image: Detail from stained-glass window in the Palmers' Guild Chapel, St Laurence's Church, Ludlow. Copyright: Granpic.

A group of men sit in a circle, holding hands, under an architectural stone canopy. They are all wearing red hoods and gowns that are blue on one side and white and yellow stripped on the other. Next to them, a few men stand underneath another stone canopy, which has two men standing on top of the canopy wearing red hoods.

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