Guilds of Brussels

From 1421 onwards, they were represented in the city government alongside the patrician lineages of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels,[1] later also in the States of Brabant as members of the Third Estate.Some of their guildhouses can still be seen as part of the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Rather than being limited to a specific trade, each of the nine "nations" grouped a number of guilds.These "nations" were:[2] The guilds in Brussels, and throughout Belgium, were suppressed in 1795, during the French period of 1794–1815.The furniture and archives of the Brussels guilds were sold at public auction on the Grand-Place in August 1796.
Guildhalls on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt in Brussels
Roll of arms of members of the Drapery Court (1713–1724)
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