A short history of England . -. & ,-r-v,- T ?» An Old Street in the Town of Shrewsbury from Italy and the East, and to buy English wool and otherarticles. German traders came from the Hanseatic cities alongthe coasts of the Baltic and the North Sea, and not only tradedat the English cities and fairs, but had permanent dwellings andwarehouses in London, Lynn, and Boston. Flemish merchantscarried on much of the wool trade with Flanders. Representa-tives of Italian and German banking companies lived in Englandand made loans to the government and to churchmen and 274 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND nob
A short history of England . -. & ,-r-v,- T ?» An Old Street in the Town of Shrewsbury from Italy and the East, and to buy English wool and otherarticles. German traders came from the Hanseatic cities alongthe coasts of the Baltic and the North Sea, and not only tradedat the English cities and fairs, but had permanent dwellings andwarehouses in London, Lynn, and Boston. Flemish merchantscarried on much of the wool trade with Flanders. Representa-tives of Italian and German banking companies lived in Englandand made loans to the government and to churchmen and 274 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND noblemen. Since the reign of Edward III many weavers andother artisans had come from the continent to live in England,and from them the English were rapidly learning to be themselvessuccessful in several lines of manufacturing. England had beenbackward in manufactures, commerce, and finance compared withother European countries, but its people were now learning fromthe foreigners who dwelt among them valuable lessons which we
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