Das Lebe der Mittlealtelichen Kaufleute

Lee Minicuci

Leben und Arbeit• Ich wohne in dem Städten oder kleinen

Dörfern• Mein Arbeit hilft Städten wachsen• Although it’s hard to tell with merchants

and traders, the life expectancy for the lower classes stood between 35 and 40

Beruf• Ich bin ein Verkäufer und Händler• Ich verkuafe Waren zu Menschen• Meine Arbeit ist ein wichtiger Teil des

täglichen Lebens • Local merchants would supply basic

goods while travelling merchants were the ones who sold the more exotic products

Guilds

• By 1300, Germany had a mature guild system

• In the 15th century, Hamburg had 100 guilds.

• Cologne had 80• Lübeck had 70

Where a merchant lived varied widely based on what kind of merchant they were

Sources• http://www.localhistories.org/middle.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild• http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/himerchant.html• http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/

medieval-merchant.htm• http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/life-

in-a-medieval-village.htm