Clothing, Gender and Status in Fifteenth-Century Catalonia. The cases of Barcelona and Vic (1400-1460)
1. Introduction Historians have long emphasized the relevance of the fourteenth century in the history of dress. It marked the emergence of new sartorial practices shaped by technical innovations, shifting aesthetic ideals and profound socio-economic transformations that fundamentally reconfigured the clothing system1. During this period, finer tailoring techniques were developed, allowing the making of tighter […]
Skill acquisition and career progression in the preindustrial iron industry. Liérganes and La Cavada, 1764-1800
1. Introduction Occupational training in preindustrial economies took place primarily through practice in the workplace itself (De Munck and Soly, 2007; Wallis, 2019). Most of our knowledge about the organization of training processes in trades comes from studies addressing guild-based apprenticeship in workshops, mainly through the analysis of apprenticeship contracts (Wallis, 2008; De Munck, 2010, […]
