A crisis in the wool trade leads to riots in Kent

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Domains

Riots and violent protests
Trade and exchange of goods

Dates

Date of occurrence 1528-03

Places

England (Location)

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When English merchants in Spain and Flanders are arrested, a commercial crisis flares up. The 'staple port' to which all English raw wool for import to Continental Europe is sent is therefore moved from Antwerp to Calais, which causes widespread hardship and distress for weavers in the eastern counties of England. In May, riots break out in Kent against Wolsey's policy.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "A crisis in the wool trade leads to riots in Kent". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14398, accessed 27 April 2024.]

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