Learnings: The Market of Coppergate

Two examples of Coppergate's craftsmanship: an iron padlock with its key, and three leather shoes / c. Viking Age

A visitor to Coppergate's market would discover goods and treasures from eery corner of the known world. THey would also find craftsmen and craftswomen of every kind: potters, weavers, silversmiths, blacksmiths, leathersmiths, beadmakers, glassmakers, combmakers, sculptors of wood, horn, antler, stone, bone, and more. This iron lock and these leather shoes are just a few of the crafts they could encounter. They might also find slaves at the market, for slavery played a large role in the social and economic structures of the medieval Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons.