[Dragaera] (no subject)

[Matthew]

On 06/28/2011 04:46 PM, Alexx Kay wrote:
>> Thieves' guilds bug me too.    Very popular, but make no sense.   In our
>> world they call themselves politicians.
> A Thieves' Guild actually existed in (at least) 16th-17th century London. 
> They didn't have any government recognition or sanction, but they did
> effectively enforce a monopoly on many kinds of crime.  I can dig up refs,
> if people care.
I'd be interested in the references just as a matter of not having to do
the research myself.