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Bologna Guild of Silk Weavers

OK kiddo, so let me tell you about the bologna guild of silk weavers! You know how some people make clothes and other things out of fabric, right? Well, some people in Bologna, which is a city in Italy, were really good at making special fabric called silk.

These people were called silk weavers and they had a really important job because silk was very valuable back then. But, they didn't just make silk by themselves. They worked together in a special group called a guild.

This guild was kind of like a club for silk weavers. They would all get together to talk about how to make the best silk and how to make sure people bought their silk instead of someone else's. They also had rules to make sure everyone was making good quality silk and they would punish anyone who didn't follow those rules.

So, the bologna guild of silk weavers was a very important group in Bologna during a long time ago when silk was a really special and valuable thing.