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From ‘bannire’ to ‘confrrie’: The transformation of the professional associations in Amiens

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2004, (10), pp.1~1
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

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1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

Medieval cities encompassed various kinds of professional associations. In 13-14 century Amiens, masters and journeymen were organized in the form of ‘association for election’ named ‘bannière’. Bannière was not an exclusive organization against outsiders, neither did the code of association restrict the customs of the profession, nor was the hierarchical distinction among members(master, journeyman and apprentice) definite. However, in the 15th century bannière changed into a brotherhood union(‘confrérie’). Contrast to the previous association, most of the professions established their own codes that would regulate the amount of entry fee, the period and terms of apprenticeship, and the type of test for mastership to protect their interests. They raised the barrier dividing masters and journeymen, and tightened the control over apprentices. During the 13-14 century all the professionals shared their interests with one another and maintained the solidarity with elected municipalities. But just before the revolt of Etienne Marcel in 1358 and the abolition of the election of association in 1383, there were growing numbers of the association codes that tightened up the control over the labor. It indicates that this change in professional association was paralleled with then politico-economic changes. As the solidarity between all the professionals and the municipalities shattered after the abolition, all the professionals were not able to expect the protection of the municipalities any more, and eventually they began to place themselves under the king’s tutelage.

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