Toy Merchants In Medieval Times

Sports, hunting and games were very well-liked in the Elizabethan Era. Although sports in the 1500’s were not baseball and basketball, like some our most popular, they did compete in many that we still do today. Some examples of these athletics are archery, hammer-throw, wrestling, and game ball, which is comparable to today's football or rugby. In addition, animal blood sports were played, which included bear baiting, bull baiting and more. The tournaments that the athletes participated in provided great entertainment for both upper-class and lower-class and typically lasted several days. One other common sporting activity in the Elizabethan Era was hunting. The nobles and upper-class naturally enjoyed hunting as a game or pastime. Multiple

The following paper, through the mind and words of a fictionalized character, examines the crucial issues and various changes the imperial relationship between Great Britain and its North American colonies underwent in the mid-to-late eighteenth century. Drawing upon various historical events and enactments, the story of Gerald Gardner, a Bostonian merchant, will try to synthesize these events and provide a reflection upon the American Revolution from the point-of-view of those who shared his line of work. While the following opinions expressed display the feelings and attitudes of one man, the same cannot be applied historically to all of the merchant class. The characters and

Some games played by Elizabethan was archery,tag,battledore,bowls,culf, and gameball. Archery is very popular sport during her time and still is.Tag was a game played by kids just like it is today where one person is it and chases everyone and tries to tag them. Battledore is like the modern day badminton where a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is played back and forth across a net.Bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack".Gameball is just like the modern day game football.This rustic game, which is still extant in some parts of England, was sometimes called "the nine men's merrils," from merelles, or miereaux, an ancient French word for the jettons or counters with which it was played. The other term, morris, is

Ian Mortimer uses his book The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century to describe how one might live in the fourteenth century. This book covers a wide range of topics from what one might see and smell when approaching a city, to what one might wear, to how to stay alive. Mortimer’s clever use of a travel guide inspired book lends itself to a much wider audience. The evidence presented in this book is both engaging and intriguing, and provides easy reading for academics and non-academics both.

Medieval tailors, made clothes for a small segment of the population. A tailor made clothes for the nobles and had to have knowledge of various fine and expensive materials. Some clothes tailors used were leather, bernet, perse, and sandal. Tailors were in the craftsmen group on the feudal pyramid. All

One of the medieval jobs that surprised the most was about Apothecaries.An apothecary made remedies from plants based only.The fact that surprised me about this Medieval Profession was to know that priests often held this occupation as well as apothecaries did.Since apothecaries and physicians were so expensive, priests provided this service for sick and poor individuals.I can't imagine how many people died because they could not afford the services of physicians.The fact was that during medieval times aristocrats were privileged because they could obtain decent Heath services compared to peasants.Millions of peasants died due to the plague of black fever because they could not pay for the required health services to deal with this terrible

There were many sports that became popular with the citizens of Elizabethan England. Nobles often participated in archery, bowling, dice, hammer-throwing and most known tennis (“Alchin Elizabethan Sports”). Furthermore, nobles watched wrestling and the bloodiest sports including bear and bull baiting and dog and cock fighting. For example the queen often appeared at these events (Alchin “Elizabethan Bear & Bull Baiting”). Sports began to come from other countries and continents as people would travel to England, consequently making tennis the most popular sport of the upper classes as it originated in medieval France.

more money for certain items. For example, these merchants would sell silk yarn for 200 or 300

(It is to be noted that some families did not have the money to buy their children toys, and some children may have not had any.)

Merchants were important part of the history; they took advantage of New Yorks large, protected port port as a trade tool within United States and foreign countries. At first, they bought cotton from South for transport to Liverpool then to Britain. Trade was important to “old” merchants and was pride of New York. They made New York the center of nations trade, information transportation and networks. “New York represented the largest and most diverse segment of nations economic elite surpassing in wealthy power and diversity.” p.19. Merchants were one of the oldest and most numerous segments of the city economic elite. 1850 was golden age of investment and planning, primary profit was cotton and slave labor system, then dry goods and hardware commence, later on corn and wheat then long distance trade by sending ships to remotest corners in the world from India (tea), China (silk) and Brazil (rubber). Banking was another way of growing New Yorks economy; it shifted from the “world of trading goods to the world of finance …” p 24.The innovation of banks was to allow merchants to discount promissory notes. Banking was more beneficial then manufacturing due to higher profits. Later they some started to invest in railroads, factories, mine and utilities and others risked investing in real state. To keep the family business and pass it to next generation they

Although children began doing chores at an early age, they still were able to play like children today. They played with toys and dolls enjoyed playing games that kept them in good physical shape such archery and toe toss. They even began riding horses at the early age of

In medieval Europe, that was also their main source of wealth and way of getting essentials. In medieval Europe the merchants sold goods to small towns and villages. As the population of medieval Europe grew merchants were no longer selling goods to people, but were dealers, employers and sending things along a trading route linking big European cities. As time went by the way they traded changed, there were better ships that carried luxuries such as silk and metals to the richer people. Today Australia does the same thing. We use trade to get different foods, clothing, metals and anything else we might need from other

Medieval sports of the middle ages were a source of public entertainment designed to increase the overall fitness and military experiences of men and woman. These games, called béhourds, were fought by rival knights and soldiers either on horses or the ground. This was in accordance with the feudal practice that required Lords to bring forth soldiers to protect the king in exchange for ownership of land. Knights that participated in these sports used weapons such as swords, lances, daggers, and battle axes, and thus men were often killed or brutally wounded (“Medieval Sports”). These sporting contests also made it possible for men to move up in the ranks of the Pyramid of Power. Those who performed heroically in battle or were triumphant in competition would become wealthy and considered a part of the nobility, whereas, the peasant class received as little as a purse for their excellence. Similar to the fame experienced by modern-day professional football players, medieval jousters were subject to the same treatment. However, different games were enjoyed by either class of men, therefore stardom was concentrated more toward the nobility. Despite this, many of the sports enjoyed during this time are still around today, some of which have been included in the world famous Olympic Games.

Merchants and bankers were the most socially mobile group in the renaissance. The often started from humble beginnings- as peddlers or craftsmen, for example- and exploited new commercial opportunities to become very wealthy. Once they were rich, they tried to behave like the nobility. Many became patrons and leaders of society (“Social Order” pp.58).

Egyptians enjoyed the good life and playing was a part of it, all kings, princes and statesmen were keen on attending sports competitions, which they encouraged and provided with the necessary equipment. Children and adults are often depicted involved in games. Typically boys' games were rougher than those of the girls, but the latter weren’t above fighting and hair pulling, like the pair in the picture on the right fighting during the corn