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Fall Asleep as a Medieval Wool Merchant Traveling Between English Market Towns
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Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step into the life of a wool merchant traveling across medieval England. Your days are spent inspecting fleece, bargaining with shepherds, loading heavy bales onto a wagon, and following muddy roads toward crowded market towns. Along the way, you stop at roadside inns, navigate unpredictable weather, compare weights and prices, and listen patiently as every shepherd assures you that his sheep produce the finest wool in Christendom. From quiet pastures to bustling fairs, discover how one of medieval England’s most valuable trades connected shepherds, merchants, clothmakers, towns, and distant markets.…