Raymond Maury

Raymond Maury was a weaver in the Comté de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century, made notable by appearing in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's "Montaillou". While most in the town of Montaillou did some weaving, Maury was the only one to sell his wool rather than use it in the home. He was one of only two artisans in the town at the time, the other being Arnaud Vital, a cobbler. Needing humidity for the weaving his house had a special half- underground cave like area where he worked. His weaving could not sustain the family and like most villagers he kept some sheep. His children Pierre and Guillaume did not take up their father's occupation instead becoming shepherds.

References

*Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. "Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error." translated by Barbara Bray. New York: G. Braziller, c1978.