Urban migration, artisan-labour insertion and social prestige in colonial Chile: The conflict between master Toribio Zamudio and the silversmiths’ guild of Santiago de Chile, 1760-1769
On February 25th of 1769 silversmith Toribio Zamudio started a legal action before the local authorities against the silversmiths’ guild of Santiago, to be able to open a public store and exercise his job as a master. The higher artisans of the guild hierarchy were reluctant to accept this new membe...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/41785 |
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| Sumario: | On February 25th of 1769 silversmith Toribio Zamudio started a legal action before the local authorities against the silversmiths’ guild of Santiago, to be able to open a public store and exercise his job as a master. The higher artisans of the guild hierarchy were reluctant to accept this new member and held a series of obstacles to the intentions of the master from Lima, based on theordinances from 1760. These ordinances sought to stop the disturbances, scams, thefts and bad works from silver artisans. For these purposes, rules to enter the guild were established, which went from the approval of technical exams before evaluation commissions, the presentation of background of good behaviour and the contribution of bondsmen that afforded, serving asguarantors, the works. Therefore, this paper intends to analyse the legal contest between the craftsman from Lima Toribio Zamudio and the guild of silversmiths of Santiago de Chile. This case study will allow us to appreciate the complex socio-labour relations of the silver craftsmen in the second half of the 18th century, which will be marked by logics of internal conflicts surrounding the artisan labour insertion, urban migration and social prestige. |
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