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Regulation and intellectual change at the Paris goldsmiths' guild, 1660-1740

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Bycroft, Michael (2018) Regulation and intellectual change at the Paris goldsmiths' guild, 1660-1740. Journal of Early Modern History, 22 (6). pp. 500-527. doi:10.1163/15700658-12342607 ISSN 1385-3783.

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Abstract

Economic historians have shown that the regulations of craft guilds were a source of innovation rather than inertia in the economy of early modern Europe. Historians of science have shown that craftsmen contributed to the scientific revolution in the same time and place. But very little is known about the role of guild regulation in intellectual (as opposed to social, political and economic) change. This paper shows that regulation went hand-in-hand with intellectual change at the Paris guild of goldsmiths in the decades around 1700. In this period the wardens of the guild developed sophisticated techniques for organizing and disseminating their large archive of legal documents. They also published two books on the natural history of precious stones that broke with the learned tradition of writing on this topic. The reform of the archive and the reform of natural history were undertaken by the same goldsmiths, for similar reasons, using analogous literary techniques.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Goldsmiths -- France -- History, Goldsmiths -- France -- 18th century, Guilds -- France -- History, Guilds -- France -- 18th century
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Early Modern History
Publisher: Brill
ISSN: 1385-3783
Official Date: 12 December 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
12 December 2018Published
12 December 2017Accepted
Volume: 22
Number: 6
Page Range: pp. 500-527
DOI: 10.1163/15700658-12342607
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 16 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 12 December 2020
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDLeverhulme Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275
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