Along with the corvees were suppressed the jurandes, or exclusive industrial corporations or trade-guilds, whose monopolies and restrictions were so mischievous an impediment to the wellbeing of the country.
Morley discusses the abolition of restrictive trade guilds and their negative impact on society.
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