Artisans and Social Change: The Madrid Tanners in the Seventeenth Century
Abstract
This research analizes the resources and means developed by the tanners in Madrid in order to cope with the economic and social context during the Seventeenth Century. Marriage and mastery were the two pillars of a collective strategy aimed to keep a relative control over the trade renewal. To achieve this, it was fundamental a hierarchical and cohesive organization of the trade. This research introduces the analysis of the tanners social net as an essential part of the different economic, social and cultural working practice developed by them in order to achieve their aims tanners.Downloads
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