Guilds, Wool, and Trade: Medieval England in a Global Economy (9:29)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 02:10 How do Nick and Trevor describe the Afro-Eurasian trade system in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?
- 03:00 Why did people in Flanders and northern Italy buy English wool?
- 04:20 Who produced wool in England?
- 06:36 How did the wool trade empower the merchant classes? What role did guilds play in this process?
- 08:00 Why was wool important for England?