A journeyman was a craftsman’s assistant. If he went out into the world to ply his trade, he needed to have a vocational certificate and the tools of his trade. Only very rarely did journeymen stay in one workshop for an entire year. Typically they were there for just a few weeks, on one week’s notice, paid by the day (‘journée’). If a journeyman left without agreement (absconded), he was ‘proscribed’, outlawed from hire by other workshops, his identity written down and disseminated.
An apprentice was a boy ceremoniously accepted into apprenticeship by the master craftsman. This entry was made possible after payment of due fees in cash and beeswax. The wealthy would be taught and would minister for as little as one year, the poorer sort would have to pay off their debt by service over several years.
A journeyman was a craftsman’s assistant. If he went out into the world to ply his trade, he needed to have a vocational certificate and the tools of his trade. Only very rarely did journeymen stay in one workshop for an entire year. Typically they were there for just a few weeks, on one week’s notice, paid by the day (‘journée’). If a journeyman left without agreement (absconded), he was ‘proscribed’, outlawed from hire by other workshops, his identity written down and disseminated.
An apprentice was a boy ceremoniously accepted into apprenticeship by the master craftsman. This entry was made possible after payment of due fees in cash and beeswax. The wealthy would be taught and would minister for as little as one year, the poorer sort would have to pay off their debt by service over several years.