economy

• wool and cloth = most important for trade
• farming was well organised
• coins = German silver
• 10% of people lived in towns, these burghs were 15-20 miles apart for protection against Viking raids
• London and York = biggest cities
• York traded with Denmark
• London traded with Germany, France, Normandy, Flanders
• tiny villages were scattered over the country, families lived in huts
• thegns lived in countryside manor houses with churched next to them