In prussia, were all citizens required by law to become an apprentice

You are probably reading about their universal conscription system

>>2193908
Ottoman worked like that also, kids would learn craftmanship etc

>>2193908
Instead of having wagecucking people learned a craft in a personalized relationship between master and apprentice. Most of the West used apprenticeship before the industrial revolution and in parts of the west it hung on a long time.

>>2193908
The Prussian Landrecht was weird.

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>>2194964
It was fucking crazy bro.

>twenty THOUSAND articles
>they wanted to regulate EVERYTHING even how Hans could bang his wife or how long he should grow his mustache

It wasn't work though as life changed much faster than those madman can write new articles it was truly a casuistic nightmare. The artwork is pretty though.

>>2193922
The system still exists in today's Germany and Austria. Of course it's regulated more, includes courses that are held in external schools and has formalised exams, but on a fundamental level, it hasn't changed that much.