Goldsmith Craftsmen were highly skilled. Medieval Goldsmiths added Gold leaf to covers and pages of illuminated manuscripts amongst other things Read more about the Goldsmith >>
A Medieval Armourer made high quality armour for medieval knights, and other nobility and warriors in medieval times Read more about the Medieval Armourer >>
A medieval Blacksmith was a very important person in medieval times, Medieval Blacksmith's not only made armour and weaponry for example Read more about the Medieval Blacksmith >>
A medieval Bowyer as the name suggest made bows such as longbows and arrows as well as other products for people and the military. Medieval Bowyers usually worked in a shop in a medieval town or village. Read more about the Medieval Bowyer >>
Medieval Guilds were set up in medieval times to improve quality of workmanship and regulate medieval professions. Medieval Guilds also served to protect members and give them a voice in medieval society. Read more about the Medieval Guilds >>
A Medieval miller could be quite well off as he could make and sell bread to the people that lived in the medieval village. The miller however usually had to make some form of payment to the lord of the manor who usually owned the village mill. Read more about the Medieval Miller >>
A medieval moneyer was a skilled medieval craftsman, he made (minted) the coins that were needed. A medieval moneyer worked from his shop in medieval towns and villages where he kept all his tools. Read more about the Medieval Moneyer >>
Being a Craftsman afforded you a certain standard of living in medieval society but it was difficult to attain an opulent standard of living doing this kind of work. Craftsmen. Medieval Craftsmen were classed above peasants in the feudal system and they had a much better level of education than the peasantry class who commonly worked on the land on a manor estate and were very poor.
Medieval Bowyer Making a Longbow
Trades were often kept within families and skills passed down from father to son, some Craftsmen would make things that were needed in battle such as a Bowyer a master-craftsman who made bows for infantry soldiers.
Medieval Longbow were made by bowyers
Every medieval town had a blacksmith who made weaponry such as swords and a wide range of goods that were used in medieval towns and villages.
A medieval Blacksmith is at work using a forge to make a sword
Medieval Craftsmen started in a trade usually at an early age as an apprentice. Medieval apprentices in the trade usually did the same trade as their fathers and learn from them, in addition a medieval person wanting to be a Craftsmen would usually join a specific association or Guild.
Basically as an apprentice you were expected to learn your trade from a time served Craftsmen, the apprenticeship would be hands on as you worked along side the time served medieval Craftsmen. It wasn’t until the apprentice had finished his training that he could earn a decent daily wage and he was also expected to pay a considerable sum of money at the outset of his learning, eventually though he would become qualified in his chosen trade.
Finally after all the years of hard work and training an apprentice would become a journeyman and at this stage he would be paid a daily wage, the journeyman would eventually become a master provided that he continued to learn and paid more fee’s to his master.
Artisan and a highly skilled craftsman in medieval times.
Very important Craftsmen who made bows, arrows and other related products that medieval military men required
A bowyer was a highly skilled craftsman who made arrows and bows such as Crossbows and Longbows for medieval archers, also commonly known as a Fletcher
Authorised to make coins from different metals such as copper, gold and silver that could be used to buy goods and services. Moneyers would have been licensed by the Crown and would have been allowed to keep a very small percentage of the money he created in payment for his work.
A Medieval Moneyer mints the coins in medieval times
Skilled and important person for the military as he was a arrow maker.
If your horse needed a new pair of shoes, you would go to a Blacksmith, Blacksmiths were very common Craftsmen in Medieval towns and villages.
Medieval Blacksmith
There were a huge number of medieval craftsmen and a multitude of trades in medieval times people such as Weavers, Woodworkers, Fullers and Coopers were all popular trades. without Craftsmen and other trades medieval life would have been a struggle for many medieval people.
