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Diventare maestro nei mestieri della costruzione a Valencia, secoli XIV-XV : apprendistato, pratica e mobilità

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This essay studies the technical education of master masons in Valencia in the period 1370-1520. Previous research on this topic and comparative studies are considered in order to frame a number of cases of study, well documented by written sources. These include training contracts for apprenticeship, labour agreements, accounting records of public works, registrations of foreigners as Valencian citizens, statutes of 15th century building trades and any other evidence about mobility of master builders and the transmission of technical knowledge in architecture. Dealing with several problems of interpretation of these archival records, this paper helps to understand architectural changes in an advantaged environment of innovation as the kingdom of Valencia was in the 14th and 15th centuries.