Źródła do dziejów krakowskich cechów cukierników, piekarzy i rzeźników w zasobie Archiwum Narodowego w Krakowie

Craft guilds in Krakow operated practically unchanged from the Middle Ages until 1860, when the Austrian authorities, by issuing an industrial act, transformed them into industrial associations operating on the basis of statutes. After 1945, the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic closed down the former guilds, and in 1951 the Guild of Various Crafts was established in Krakow, bringing together, among others, food industry craftsmen: butchers, meat makers, bakers, and confectioners. The article presents the documentation of guilds of confectioners, bakers, and butchers, as well as the institutions and offices supervising their functioning from the 15th to the 20th century, preserved in the resources of the National Archives in Krakow.