The Guild of The Common Chaps

The Guild of The Common Chaps We the Guild of the Common Chaps will provide a place for the sale, in a historical style, books and

The Chapman were known as Peddlers who sold cheap bits of this and that to the common people. They were called the ‘Chapman’ which means cheap in Old English. This name was given to the peddler as his sir name in the early 1200th century. In the Early 1600s English printers used wood block printing and Gutenberg's moveable type idea to create books using only one piece of paper. They printed on on

e side in such a way as to be able to fold the paper to create a book. With inexpensive paper and ink the books were mass produced and given to the 'Chapman' to sell for one pence thus bringing reading to the common people. These delightful small books became known as Chapbooks and were popular through out the world for 300 years. Printed books where no longer a luxury available only to the rich. The Chapman provided a welcome source of news and entertainment, along with something more important, contact with the otherwise unreachable outside world. If your passion runs to the past and history of the written word or if you desire to put quill in hand and write, then welcome to the world of The Guild of the Common Chaps. Please enjoy yourself and let us know what you think of our world.

What a great year we had at Koroneburg this year
07/03/2024

What a great year we had at Koroneburg this year

And even after the Festival is over LORE's Knights of Fabled Readers lives on. I'm reading at Eastvale Library.
06/29/2024

And even after the Festival is over LORE's Knights of Fabled Readers lives on. I'm reading at Eastvale Library.

05/20/2024
We have a new sign.
05/20/2024

We have a new sign.

Taking down our old sign and making a new one. Koroneburg Renaissance Festival is starting soon. Come out and play with...
05/07/2024

Taking down our old sign and making a new one. Koroneburg Renaissance Festival is starting soon. Come out and play with us

We are at the Eastvale's Christmas event in the village.
12/17/2023

We are at the Eastvale's Christmas event in the village.

11/11/2023

Koroneburg site will have a new event this year. Eastvale will be having their Christmas event on our site. Time to gather up Christmas books and cards for
Dickend's Book Shop!

09/20/2023

We are getting ready for Coffin Creek Haunt in Eastvale this October.

We had a very successful run at Koroneburg Renaissance Festival this year. Our Guild worked hard selling our little Chap...
06/29/2023

We had a very successful run at Koroneburg Renaissance Festival this year. Our Guild worked hard selling our little Chapbooks, demonstrating paper making , wood block printing, and story telling in the Bards and Noble Garden. Thank you to all who make our guild a success.

We were very successful at Coffin Creek Haunt this year. See you next year!
11/09/2022

We were very successful at Coffin Creek Haunt this year. See you next year!

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