Immigration was essential to trades reliant on fashion and high skill in London around the turn of the sixteenth century. This article explores the patterns of migration to the city by continental goldsmiths between 1480 and 1540 and the structure of the communities they formed. It argues that attitudes to migration within the London Goldsmiths’ Company, which governed the trade, were complex and shifted in response to evolving national legislation. A social network analysis of the relationships between alien masters and servants indicates how the alien community changed and adapted. Taking a view across the traditional late medieval and early modern period boundary allows for a deeper understanding of how attitudes to migration and to migrant communities changed as London's population began to grow.

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行会、移民和移民经济组织：伦敦的外星金匠，1480–1540

在 16 世纪之交，移民对于伦敦依赖时尚和高技能的行业至关重要。本文探讨了 1480 年至 1540 年间大陆金匠向城市迁移的模式以及他们形成的社区结构。它认为，管理贸易的伦敦金匠公司内部对移民的态度是复杂的，并且随着国家立法的发展而变化。对外星人主人和仆人之间关系的社会网络分析表明，外星人社区是如何变化和适应的。跨越传统的中世纪晚期和现代早期的边界，可以更深入地了解随着伦敦人口的增长，人们对移民和移民社区的态度如何发生变化。