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Champagne Fair Trade
In the 1190s, the annual fairs at Troyes, Provins, Bar-sur-Aube, and Thierry in the County of Champagne remained the core hub of long-distance trade …
Timeline
- 1191–1195Provins · Seine-et-MarneIn the early 1190s, the Champagne fairs at Provins, Troyes, and other towns opened on fixed seasonal schedules, attracting Low Countries and Italian merchants with cloth, spices, and bills of exchange, creating an interregional hub for the distribution of goods.
- 1196–1199Troyes · AubeDuring the same period, the Champagne fairs grew more closely linked with English wool exports, Flemish textiles, and Italian financial networks; bills of exchange and bookkeeping practices were further standardized in the fair environment, consolidating the region's position as Western Europe's commercial hub.
Sources
- Champagne fairs https://www.britannica.com/topic/Champagne-fairs
- The Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950–1350 — Robert S. Lopez (1976)