It's not a history I know well. I'm going off of what Stephen Kinsella has discussed in the history of state granted monopolies that led up to modern IP law. 

It would make sense if he omitted autonomous guilds from that, since they would be peripheral to the ultimate point.

Sometimes. 

I only got like ten pages into Ogilvie's mega treatise on the guilds, so I'll report back when I've prioritised it

(And since she's the top dog, Chichele(!) professor, at Oxford, her credentials are impeccable)

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My impression is that guilds tended to enjoy state granted monopolies on their trades.

So, that would be like saying the state has nothing to do with medical licensing, because that's done by the AMA (who have a state monopoly to certify doctors).

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My impression is that guilds tended to enjoy state granted monopolies on their trades.

So, that would be like saying the state has nothing to do with medical licensing, because that's done by the AMA (who have a state monopoly to certify doctors).