Trade in medieval Norwich
I can explain how trade impacted life in medieval Norwich.
Trade in medieval Norwich
I can explain how trade impacted life in medieval Norwich.
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Key learning points
- The wool trade became important for Norwich in the later medieval period.
- Herring and other goods had been important items of trade earlier on.
- Norwich was an important centre of trade.
- Goods were often sent to Europe from the coastal towns.
- Textile merchants invested some of their wealth in constructing new buildings around Norwich.
Keywords
Trade - trade involves the buying and selling of different goods
Industry - an industry is a type of business or work
Merchant - a merchant is a person whose job is to buy and sell goods
Textiles - textiles are made by weaving materials like wool and cotton
Weaver - a weaver makes textiles from materials like wool.
Common misconception
That all people in the medieval period completed the same type of work as one another.
Remind students that a wide range of different jobs and industries existed in medieval Norwich, even after it focused more on wools.
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involves the buying and selling of different goods
a type of business or work
person whose job is to buy and sell goods