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.
Lesson details
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.
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.
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.
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a type of business or work
person whose job is to buy and sell goods