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| Most towns had daily '''markets''' where you could buy food and products from the surrounding villages. Street names like '''Market Square''', '''Beast Market''' or '''Hay Market''' still show what was going on hundreds of years ago.
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| | === Location, Location, Location! === |
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| == Town fairs ==
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| <div style="width:20em;float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;border:thin solid; padding: 0.5em">The word “fair" is derived from the Latin word “Feria" meaning “festival". The history of the fair goes back to the Roman Empire when fairs were mostly held on holy days and people were provided a break from their normal activities.</div> | | Towns developed where many people met. This was near a castle or a ''church'' where many people met for celebrations or at a ''crossraod'' of important trade routes. |
| A '''Medieval town fair''' was a huge open air meeting held each year, mostly on a holiday or on a religious anniversary<ref>anniversary = an annual celebration, that meand it takes place once a year like a birthday; a Patron's day or easter</ref>. It was the greatest event in the economic life of a medieval town. Merchants<ref>merchant = businesspeople who bought their goods (merchandise) somewhere and brought it to the market to sell it there</ref> from all over Europe gathered in the town to buy or sell products.
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| Different stalls<ref>stall = a small hut where you present your goods, with a protection against rain</ref> were established with all kinds of things for sale, from spices to rugs<ref>rug = piece of cloth you can put on the floor</ref>. Stalls were also established for selling snacks and small pies which people ate when they got hungry. Items for sale were expensive and out of reach for ordinary people<ref>ordinary = in English it just means "normal"</ref> and were mostly bought by Nobles, Knights and, their ladies.
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| === Nottingham Goose Fair ===
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| 800 years ago people went to Nottingham to the Goose Fair once a year!<br>
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| In that time the villagers had ''geese'' and other animals. In ''autumn'' they drove (hier =treiben) the geese to Nottingham and sold them on the ''market''. With the money they got they bought ''tools'' and ''cloth''.<br>
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| Today Nottingham Goose Fair takes always place on the first week in October. There are many ''rides'' and attractions. If you like fast rides you can take 'The Spider'. Even faster than that is the ''rollercoaster'' with two loopings. Parents with small hildren can go to the 'Carousel'. This ''roundabout'' turns more slowly but is great fun.
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| weiter=Craftsmen and Guilds|weiterlink=Medieval Towns/Craftsmen and Guilds | |
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| == Glossary ==
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