Wool Industry in Fifteenth-Century Europe
Cloth manufacture dramatically changed in fifteenth-century Europe. Production was moving out of urban workshops and into the countryside. In many Italian cities, masters of the wool guild (the wool trade association) controlled workers, salaries, and techniques, ensuring that quality, prices, and profit margins remained high. Industries in rural areas tended to be free of controls on quality or techniques. As a result, the production of light, cheap woolens, for which there was a significant demand, moved out of the cities and into the countryside. Rural production became the most dynamic part of the industry.
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