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There were booths at fairs and markets where people sold things, and there were actual shops in towns and cities. These tended to be devoted to the production of one person or group of people who worked together.
The things they sold were food items, vegetables and fruit, bread and baked goods, meat and poultry, fish, grain and flour. Other shops sold cloth or carpets. There was no finished clothing, but arrangements could be made to have clothes made. There were soap makers and candle makers, and these items might have been sold together. Jewelers had shops, as did potters, glass makers, and pharmacists. Spectacles were invented in the middle ages, and so there were a few shops where people could buy lenses and glasses. Really, anything made in the middle ages was made rather primitively, but many things required special knowledge, and aside from things people made at home, most goods had to be sold in shops, so there was a fair amount of commerce in many places. Of course, there were places with no stores at all and little in the way of fairs, and in such places people had to get the things they traded for from travellers.
Shops were not very like they are today, of course. There were no cash registers and checkout lines. There were no glass display counters. There were no department stores.
Most merchants and tradesmen would have shops attached to their houses, which were often L-shaped in plan. The lower part of the L is the shop, facing on to a street, with the upper part of the L representing the house behind, often with a courtyard taking up the remaining space.
Drapers (cloth merchants), clothiers, spiciers (spice merchants), parchment sellers, fishmerchants, saddlers, goldsmiths, bronzesmiths, carpenters, tanners, chaucers and cordwainers (shoemakers), cobblers (shoe repairers), candle-makers, butchers and others would all have shops. Later in the medieval era, scribes who had been trained in Church schools but who did not then become monks or priests would offer their writing skills for sale in a shop, where bookbinding might also be carried out.
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Why were medieval towns so crowded?
Medieval towns were crowded because serfs wanted more freedom and moved out of the manor land to towns.
What were medieval towns vehicles?
Some medieval towns transportations were wagons or carriages. Some people just walked.
Guilds were organized in medieval towns to?
Regulate production or trade ;)
Were medieval towns clean?
Many medieval towns were clean by their standards, which would have meant uncluttered, without foul odors, and so on. The medieval people did not understand anything about bacteria, viruses, and disease vectors, so in some modern senses, the towns were not clean; for example you could not trust the water.
Where did medieval towns develop?
Medieval towns developed at crossroads along trails, roadways, and streams, where there was water to power mills or provide for local artisans, shops, and merchants. The town was also usually in a location where it could be protected and defended, sometimes close to a castle. ----- In the Middle Ages, a town was often defined as a community with a permanent market, but without a cathedral, which made it a city. A permanent market required a royal charter, and so there were not very many towns. In fact, at one time during the reign of William the Conqueror, only eight charters existed for market towns, so legally there were only eight towns in England. Kings wanted the economies of the towns to be healthy, so they did not allow them to be too close together. The result of this was that, while towns were placed at bridges, crossroads, harbors, and so on, the specific sites for the markets were rather arbitrarily chosen by the kings.
Where did they had there medieval feast?
in medieval towns
In medieval daily life how were towns independent?
Medieval towns were independent by buying a royal charter.
Why were medieval towns so crowded?
Medieval towns were crowded because serfs wanted more freedom and moved out of the manor land to towns.
Why did medieval towns reappear?
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What were medieval towns vehicles?
Some medieval towns transportations were wagons or carriages. Some people just walked.
What has city's towns but and shops but no people?
Ghost towns are abandoned towns.
Who dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns?
Merchant guilds dominated the economic and political life of medieval towns.
Were medieval towns private?
nope
What has the author Abdul Rehman written?
Abdul Rehman has written: 'Historic towns of Punjab' -- subject(s): Ancient Cities and towns, Antiquities, Cities and towns, Ancient, Cities and towns, Medieval, History, Local, Local History, Medieval Cities and towns
Why did medieval towns developed?
because they just did
What are the names of the towns during the medieval times?
Colchester, Chichester, and Malmsbury were market towns.
How did the towns in medieval times look like?
negros
