AS economy & burhs

• economy: how much money a country has & how it's made
• • coins were valuable, made from silver or gold
• • things were bought & sold in an EXCHANGE ECONOMY
  • things were swapped for something else instead of bought
  • trade
• | imports

  • not a lot
  • food couldn't be preserved so they were sold locally
  • imported..
  • cloth
  • wine
  • pottery
• | exports

  • wool- vital for clothing
  • wool merchants could be thegns from 3 trading trips
  • scribes for books
• | burh

  • fortified town
  • palisade: fence
  • gate: controlled excess
  • bank & ditch: further protection
  • tower: look out for enemies

  A) palisade

  B) gate

  C) bank

  D) ditch

  E) tower

  
• | burh

  • anglo saxon faced a major threat from viking invasion so many towns were fortified
  • purpose was to protect people from attack
  • making a burh..

  1. dig deep trench
  2. build stone wall around town
  3. large gates on either end

  • safety of burhs increase trade
  • increasing confidence as gates controlled WHO has access to markets
  • shire reeves to collect king's taxes on anything brought for sale
• | coins

  • minting of coins were a sort of propaganda statement as it depicted who had power
  • as shown by willliam & how the coin was minted under his reign
• | summary

  • exchange economy
  • & export economy
  • main export was wool
  • burhs made trade & tax collection effective
  • coins were high quality & helped advertise the king's power
• what was the purpose of a burh?

  protect people inside from attack
• purpose of a burh?

  protect people inside from attack
• purpose of burh!!!

  protect people inside from attack