Although the history of the book is a booming area of research, the
journeymen who printed books in the sixteenth century have remained
shadowy figures because they were not thought to have left any
significant traces in the archives. Clive Griffin, however, uses
Inquisitional documents from Spain and Portugal to reveal a
clandestine network of Protestant-minded immigrant journeymen who
were arrested by the Holy Office in Spain and Portugal in the 1560s
and 1570s at a time of international crisis. A startlingly clear
portrait of these humble men (and occasionally women) emerges
allowing the reconstruction of what Namier deemed one of history's
greatest challenges: 'the biographies of ordinary men'. We learn of
their geographical and social origins, educational and professional
training, travels, careers, standard of living, violent behaviour,
and even their attitudes, beliefs, and ambitions.
In the course of this study, many other subjects are addressed,
among them: popular culture and religion; the history of skilled
labour, the history of the book, and of reading and writing; the
Inquisition; foreign and itinerant workers and the xenophobia they
encountered; and the 'double lives' of lower-class Protestants
living within a uniquely vigilant Catholic society.
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