The Great History of Medieval Salt (the mineral that powered economies and wars)
Автор: The Dark History of the Middle Ages
Загружено: 2026-01-07
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This history documentary traces the great story of medieval salt, the ordinary mineral that quietly powered economies, armies, and empires. From coastal salt pans and inland salt mines to royal monopolies and church-owned saltworks, the video follows how salt was produced, transported, and controlled across Europe, the Mediterranean, and parts of Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. It explains why salt was essential for preserving food, supplying soldiers, and sustaining cities, and how rulers turned it into a steady source of state revenue through taxes, tolls, and the famous French gabelle.
Along the way, the documentary explores the trade routes that linked salt-rich regions like the Mediterranean coasts, the Alps, and Central Europe to growing medieval markets, showing how merchants, guilds, and city-states competed for control. It looks at salt’s role in building the wealth of powers such as Venice and the Hanseatic League, how disputes over salt rights fueled local conflicts, and how this seemingly simple commodity helped shape law, finance, and political authority in the Middle Ages.
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