Maestros artesanos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:59:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Maestros artesanos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Conditions and cost of learning a craft in 16th century Zamora https://historylab.es/conditions-and-cost-of-learning-a-craft-in-16th-century-zamora/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conditions-and-cost-of-learning-a-craft-in-16th-century-zamora Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/condiciones-y-coste-de-aprender-un-oficio-artesanal-en-la-zamora-del-siglo-xvi/ The table shows the different crafts in Zamora together with the apprenticeship time required and the annual payment paid to the master for his services during the 16th century

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]]> At the end of the Middle Ages the control of the guilds lost importance in some places due to the system of free contracting, but where they would continue to have a clear influence was in the apprenticeship period of the crafts, restricting the number of apprentices and thus systematically controlling production.
The apprentice had to pay a certain amount of money to the master to allow him to work in his workshop and also to live with him in his house, having the primary needs such as food, clothing and a place to sleep covered. Payment was usually made in instalments and agreed upon by both parties. It was also common for the apprentice, in addition to working in a trade, to have domestic tasks, depriving him of holiday periods and even receiving fines if he was absent from his work, as is shown in some letters of payment.

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