What merchants sell?

Answer 1

John of Garland, writing in the middle of the 13th century, lists the items offered by a single "petty merchant" at a market:

". . .needles and needlecases, cleaning materials and soap, mirrors, razors, whetstones, fire-steels and spindles."

These were not expensive or rare items but useful, everyday things needed by everyone. Whetstones were for sharpening knives and shears, fire-steels for lighting fires and spindles were for spinning wool or flax into yarn.

More expensive goods included inks, sulphur, incense, quicksilver, alum, cochineal dye, peppers, saffron, furs, silks, tanned leather, shoe leather (often imported form Spain and called Cordoban), animal pelts, wine, rugs and carpets, ale and much more.

Many wealthy merchants specialised in just one type of goods: there were pepperers, cloth merchants, furriers, spicers, dyers, fish-merchants, drapers, vintners and so on.

Answer 2

I think they sell merchandise..

Answer 3

pottery and books and art and food