Guild system and women in France preindustrial society In the pre-industrial society of France women played a very important role. Women were used to participate in small crafts and businesses and helped in preparing goods and cloths for society when there was no advanced machines and equipment. In the France society women were allowed to go outside home if they are involved in crafting and sewing. Women were very involved in guiled system of France before industrialization. Guild system is the such system in which a group of some merchants participate and form a business for creating crafting by using hands. There were handmade looms that enabled women to prepare clothe. Women were very popular part of crafting industry of town before industrialization.In the guild system of france women also had power to …show more content…
France provided a unique opportunity for women fortunate enough to become sworn masters of a trade. Within a world of discrimination and hardship, these women received technical training and legal privilege, enabling them to participate directly in the market economy. Although the law considered women minors, forbidden to do many tasks on their own behalf, the law could also make exceptions and confer on designated women the right to exercise male privileges. Women were dependent on husbands or fathers to make contracts or go to court, but if they became guild masters, they were able to carve out a sphere of legal equality with men. In guilds they went through the traditional steps in training, starting as apprentices and rising to the status of masters in charge of their own workshops and staff of artisans. In this role they negotiated with the