Your Life at Every Rank of a Venetian Arsenal Shipwright
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Discover the medieval world's first true assembly line inside Venice's Arsenal, where a galley could be built in a single day. In this video, we climb the rank ladder from the lowest timber-haulers and tar-pitchers to the master shipwrights who answered only to the Doge. Learn how the plague wiped out the elite craftsmen first, and why the anonymous laborers held the real power. Sources & further reading: ā¢ Venetian Arsenal ā https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arsenal-of-Venice ā¢ The Venetian Arsenal: A Medieval Assembly Line ā https://www.history.com/news/the-venetian-arsenal-a-medieval-assembly-line ā¢ Venice: The Hinge of Europe, 1081-1797 ā Book by William H. McNeill, discusses the Arsenal's role and workforce. ā¢ Plague and the Venetian Arsenal ā Academic study on the impact of plague on Arsenal workers. ā¢ Venetian State Archives ā Primary records of Arsenal payrolls, contracts, and workforce organization.
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