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GCSE History · key term
A skilled weaver who controlled production and employed other workers; successful master weavers could afford substantial houses and workshops.
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Paper 3
Revise: Housing, Welfare and Living ConditionsSuccessful master weavers—those who controlled production and employed other workers—could afford well-appointed terraced houses. Their homes could also be places of work, linking domestic life closely to textile production.
A weaver who ran a business, secured customers and employed other workers.
Distinguish the housing of wealthy master weavers from the experiences of poorer immigrants. One impressive house cannot represent a whole community.
Distinguish economic success from its distribution: wealthy master weavers and poorly paid journeymen had very different experiences.
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