CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Klaric Jerčić, Tea |
|---|---|
| Title | Apprenticeship in Sibenik and Rab in the fifteenth century: comparative analysis |
| Summary | The main goal of this study is to examine the position of craftsman apprentices in Šibenik and Rab in the fifteenth century. The research questions were to find out similarities and differences in making apprenticeship contracts, to examine apprentices’ age, the duration of the apprenticeship, commitments, and emotional relationship between the apprentice and the master, the number of apprentices per master, apprentices’ origin, further destiny, and their material culture. The study was done using qualitative and quantitative analysis methods on published and unpublished apprenticeship contracts from Šibenik and Rab in the fifteenth century. Comparing means using independent t-test analysis on the duration of the apprenticeship and the age of an apprentice entering the craft. Furthermore, correlation analysis was run to determine the relationship between the duration of the apprenticeship and the age of an apprentice entering the craft. The analysis results were also compared with existing Croatian and European historiographical studies on the subject, particularly the communal statute laws and notary records from the medieval cities of Dubrovnik, Split, Trogir, and Zadar. The research provided rich findings in all the research questions about the position of apprentices, except in two cases. Namely, research showed that there were no girl apprentices in the analyzed period. Furthermore, the records provided very little pieces of information about the material culture of the apprentices. Concludingly, Venetian influence on the notary is visible, as similar patterns on how to make an apprenticeship contract are followed, no matter which communal town notary records one takes. |
| Supervisor | prof. dr. Gerhard Jaritz |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/klaric_tea.pdf |
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