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- Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series
- Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Currency, Weights and Measures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Anglo-Flemish Economic Relations, Complex Urban Revolts and the Politics of Collective Exile in Flanders
- Chapter 2 Flemish and Brabantine Immigrants as Permanent Residents in England 1351–1400
- Chapter 3 Social Relationships and Business Networks of the Flemish Community in England
- Chapter 4 Economic Activities of the Immigrants from the Low Countries: Wool and Woollen Cloth Production and Trade
- Chapter 5 Women from the Low Countries in England and Their Economic Activities
- Chapter 6 Anti-Fleming Sentiment and the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - Economic Activities of the Immigrants from the Low Countries: Wool and Woollen Cloth Production and Trade
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2023
- Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series
- Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Currency, Weights and Measures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Anglo-Flemish Economic Relations, Complex Urban Revolts and the Politics of Collective Exile in Flanders
- Chapter 2 Flemish and Brabantine Immigrants as Permanent Residents in England 1351–1400
- Chapter 3 Social Relationships and Business Networks of the Flemish Community in England
- Chapter 4 Economic Activities of the Immigrants from the Low Countries: Wool and Woollen Cloth Production and Trade
- Chapter 5 Women from the Low Countries in England and Their Economic Activities
- Chapter 6 Anti-Fleming Sentiment and the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate and quantify the ways in which the immigrants’ presence and manufacturing skills contributed to the development of the cloth industry in fourteenth-century England. In order to do so, the scale of the immigrants’ contribution to the industry will be examined through the number of workers, as well as the types of cloth they produced in England. The know-how they exhibited in the host country will be compared with their involvement in the textile industry of their home county prior to exile. Finally, the chapter will touch upon the immigrants’ mercantile activities and assess how their involvement in the trade in cloth and wool allowed them to increase profits and ensure control over the whole production process.
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- Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400Immigration, Integration and Economic Development, pp. 168 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023