Many crafts in premodern Europe depended on migratory journeymen. Little is known about these workers, or how craft guilds and urban authorities affected their movement. By employing novel data on thousands of journeymen from different crafts and cities in Holland, we provide the first systematic overview of journeymen migration and settlement patterns in The Dutch Republic. We find that migration and settlement patterns differed significantly by occupational sector, marital status, and skill level. The stance of urban authorities towards migrants significantly affected settlement patterns as well. This interrelation of group-level characteristics, craft guilds, and urban regulation demonstrates the significance of examining these elements in tandem.

前现代欧洲的许多手工艺依赖于迁徙的熟练工。关于这些工人，或者手工艺行会和城市当局如何影响他们的运动，人们知之甚少。通过使用来自荷兰不同工艺和城市的数千名熟练工的新数据，我们首次系统地概述了荷兰共和国的熟练工迁移和定居模式。我们发现移民和定居模式因职业部门、婚姻状况和技能水平而存在显着差异。城市当局对移民的态度也显着影响了定居模式。群体层面的特征、行业行会和城市监管之间的这种相互关系证明了同时检查这些要素的重要性。