Tudor Merchants

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Three merchants discussing new trading opportunities.

Reconstruction of a conversation between three Tudor merchants discussing new trading opportunities. Elizabethan England and Wales saw a massive expansion in trade with new markets having been discovered in the new world ( ie. America) and Europe.
From: Zig Zag Tudor Life Street A Merchant's Story
First broadcast : 12 October 1998

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 7-9

Subject : History

Topic : Medieval world, Tudors and Stuarts

Keywords : Tudors, Trade,Elizabeth 1,

Notes : Points to study - In what ways did trade expand at this time? What caused this expansion? Are these merchants typical of the time?

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