Antic Gremi Revenedors de Barcelona Research Grant
L’Associació Antic Gremi de Revenedors, 1447, annually announces the Ancient Guild of Resellers of Barcelona Research Grant with the aim of promoting research, study, and the expansion of knowledge about the world of work in the history of Barcelona and this entity, founded in the 15th century and continuously operating to the present day. The grant is awarded to the best unpublished project dedicated to the in-depth study of a specific period, theme, or event in the history of the city or the Guild of Reseller Shopkeepers of Barcelona between 1447 and 1850 and is endowed with 5,000 euros.
The grant’s jury is composed of professionals from the sector: Agustí Alcoberro Pericay, Josep Bracons Clapés, Xavier Cazeneuve Descarrega, and Joan Soler Jiménez.
2024 Call
L’Associació Antic Gremi Revenedors, 1447, founded in the 15th century and continuously operating to the present day, annually announces the Ancient Guild of Resellers of Barcelona Research Grant, with the aim of promoting research, study, and the expansion of knowledge of the commercial and social action of Barcelona.
Winning project of the 2023 call
The guild of shopkeepers and resellers of Barcelona and its involvement in the activities of women resellers, 15th-19th centuries
The winning project, by Mercè Renom Pulit, aims to study the role of women in supplying the markets of Barcelona and their special registration in the guild of shopkeepers and resellers of the city, a guild that, like all those in modern Barcelona, only accepted men in its organizational structure, but managed to find a way to control the entire sector by incorporating secondary organizational forms where women and occasional, non-guilded resellers could be registered.
The study is of interest because it adds knowledge to the contributions made so far about the guild of shopkeepers and resellers of Barcelona and the economic activity of women in modern Barcelona. However, it is especially significant for highlighting the organizational uniqueness of the resellers’ guild, which accommodated women engaged in this activity, an organization different from the more general one in Barcelona. This aspect has been little attended to so far and deserves analysis.
Previous Winning Projects
2022 Call
Keys to the Survival of the Guild of Shopkeepers and Resellers of Barcelona, 1790-1840
Clàudia Mateo Lozano
The winning project of 2022 aims to address from the political-administrative, social, and economic perspectives the keys to the survival of the Guild of reseller shopkeepers during the tumultuous period from 1790 to 1840, which led to the near disappearance of all other guilds in the city.
2021 Call
Public Order and Defense: The Guild of Shopkeepers and Resellers and the Urban Militia of Barcelona between the 17th and 18th Centuries
Víctor Jurado Riba
The winning project of 2021 proposes an in-depth study on the defensive functions of the Barcelona urban militia, its structure, and its various implications for public service in times of war and peace. Among the various companies grouped according to the guilds, a special individual mention would be made to the members of the company formed by the Shopkeepers and Resellers.
2020 Call
The Guild and Brotherhood of Saint Michael of the Resellers of Barcelona between Two Centuries (16th-17th): Politics, Economy, and Society
Laura Miquel MilIan and Pol Bridgewater Mateu
The winning project of 2020 is a historically rigorous study of the political, social, and economic structure of the Brotherhood of Saint Michael of reseller shopkeepers from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, using the brotherhood’s sources preserved in the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona, along with other complementary documentary series.
