Solidarity and Symbolism among Journeymen Artisans

The Case of Compagnonnage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2107490
AutoresCynthia M Truant (University of Chicago, autor correspondente)
Ano1979
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas214-226
Data de publicação1979-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500012834
OpenAlexW2111920140
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas3

The very complexity of compagnonnage has always served to protect and foster the well being of its members despite the prohibitions issued against this workingmen's association by French authorities from the seventeenth century until 1848 when such bans were briefly lifted. However, the same secrecy and intricacy that enabled compagnonnage to evade official attacks has frequently shielded it from historical investigation. Thus, although there have been studies of compagnonnage, none has really attempted to explain the relationship between the association's rituals and mythology and its more apparent labor activities such as 'fixing the price of work' and 'ruining the masters

Anabaptists · Mythology · Political science · Secrecy · Sociology · Solidarity · Work (physics) · Classics · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law