by Pierre Barret, Jean Noël Gurgand · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010061950
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«Ils voyageaient la France» is the historical essay by Pierre Barret and Jean Noël Gurgand, published by Hachette Littérature in paperback (467 pages, in French).
A study of the compagnons, French craftsmen who in the nineteenth century traveled across France to perfect their trade. It describes their rites, passwords and symbolic names, and the fraternity that guarded the know-how of the crafts. Barret and Gurgand follow in their footsteps and show the workers' condition and the pride of a job well done.
Published in 1980, it includes a preface by R. Lecotté and a final bibliography (pp. 407-420).
A work for readers interested in French social history, craftsmanship and nineteenth-century guild traditions.
