What’s a journeyman?

Doing some reading about the historical guild system:

Like journey, the distance that could be travelled in a day, the title ‘journeyman’ derives from the French words for ‘day’ (jour and journée) from which came the middle English word journei. Journeymen were generally paid by the day and were thus day laborers. After being employed by a master for several years, and after producing a qualifying piece of work, the apprentice was granted the rank of journeyman and was given documents (letters or certificates from his master and/or the guild itself) which certified him as a journeyman and entitled him to travel to other towns and countries to learn the art from other masters. These journeys could span large parts of Europe and were an unofficial way of communicating new methods and techniques.


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2 Comments

  1. Big Elk
    Posted October 15, 2008 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Theory_of_Apprenticeship

    The Apprentice Perspective is an educational theory of apprenticeship concerning the process of learning through physical integration into the practices associated with the subject, such as workplace training. By developing similar performance to other practitioners, an apprentice will come to understand the tacit (informally taught) duties of the position. In the process of creating this awareness, the learner also affect their environment; as they are accepted by master practitioners, their specific talents and contributions within the field are taken into account and integrated into the overall practice.

  2. Big Elk
    Posted October 15, 2008 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    Super cool article on the subject

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jul/15/careers.work5

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