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Guilds in Paris
The number of guilds in Paris jumped from 60 to 129 -
All-Female Guild
Seamstresses gained an all-female guild in Paris. -
Parisian Guild Masters
In the 1720s Parisian guild masters numbered about 35,000 in a population of 500,000. -
Repealing Anti-Guild Law
When Turgot's anti-guild law was repealed and French guilds received new statutes, the government formally opened all of them to women.