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The Mesta. The Mesta (Spanish Honrado Concejo de la Mesta, Honoured Council of the Mesta) was a powerful association of sheep holders in Castile, and one of the most important guilds in medieval Europe. It was created in 1273.
The Mesta is often seen as the first, and most powerful, agricultural union in mediaeval Europe. Huge profits were made in exporting Castileâs principal product to the rest of Europe. It was finally abolished in 1836, as competition from other areas and political factors in Spain had made the association anachronistic.