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Walled market town
Age 12 · History
A town is packed inside stone walls, with a market square in the middle and workshops along the lanes. The people who sell cloth and make goods are beginning to run the town’s own affairs.
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In the picture
- The gatehouse: the one arch through the town wall where carts and traders enter
- A market stall: a trestle table under canvas, loaded with folded cloth and stacked clay pots
- The loom in an open workshop: a weaver at the treadles, threads stretched tight
- The anvil in the next workshop: a smith hammering a glowing iron bar
Examples
- A Saturday market in a town square, where stallholders pay the town for their pitch and follow its rules.
- Craftspeople of the same trade, like bakers or carpenters, agreeing on prices and training new apprentices together.
Key takeaways
- From the 11th century trade grew again and many new towns were built inside walls.
- Merchants and craft workers joined together and paid lords for written charters giving their town the right to govern itself.
Quiz: Walled market town (Age 12)
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According to the card, what began in Europe from the 11th century?
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What did merchants and craft workers do to win their town the right to govern itself?
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In these towns, what were the people who sold cloth and made goods beginning to do?
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