How medieval England worked
The background to the stories: how goods got about, how markets ran, how people counted, paid and ate. Short essays, each from sourced research, each linking to the trades and places it touches. More to come.
Getting goods about
How medieval England worked: carrying, carting and the river, c. 1100–1200
In the twelfth century almost everything a town ate, wore or built had to be carried there by a person, an animal or a boat. How it travelled decided what it cost, and what it cost decided who could afford to trade in it.