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What brought about the re-location and expansion of English Cloth manufacture in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?
Why was the existence, nature and location of the Staple a matter of political debate in this period ?
Consider the fortunes of the wool and cloth industries in fourteenth century England.
"The movement for a Staple proceeded in an uneasy co-operation between those who slept in the same bed but dreamed different dreams." discuss the interests and aspirations involved in the establishment of the Staple.
The location of the wool Staple at Calais was a compromise. In reaching this compromise what interests had to be satisfied, and what alternatives rejected ?
'What significance should be attached to the scandal of the 'Dordrecht Bonds' (1338) in the development of the English wool trade ?
Estimate the importance of the Staple as a factor in the decline of England's wool export trade.
What was the significance of the Estate of Merchants ?
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School of History and Welsh History - University of Wales Bangor