The medieval marketplace: a time traveller’s guide to shopping in the Middle Ages

How much did average items cost in a medieval market? And what was for sale? Ian Mortimer, author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, takes us on a shopping trip in a 14th-century marketplace, from the sights and smells to how to avoid being conned out of your wages… HistoryExtra.com

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