Notes of Stuff That Will End Up in Other Existing or New Threads

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This is just a place for stuff to be used later:

thorpes
small hamlets
fishing villages
medium villages
large prosperous villages
small towns
medium towns
large towns
small cities
medium cities
large cities
metropolis (giant cities)

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Homes
Cottager’s cottage
Bordar’s house
Villein’s house
Freeman’s house
Manor house (small)
Manor house (large)
Knight’s motte and bailey castle
Priest’s parsonage

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Workshops
Blacksmith
Woodcutter
Mill
Charcoal Maker
Fishery
Bake house
Brewery
Furrier
Carpenter
Tailor & Cobbler (shoe maker)
Barber
Mason

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Tillable Land
Grain Field
Vegetable Patch
Orchard
Vineyard

Non-Tillable Land
Meadow
Pasture
Woodland / Forest
Marsh
Field (Fallow)
River and Pond

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Manorial Buildings
Church
Monastery
Well
Barn
Granary
Cattle Barn
Stables
Warehouse
Market
Tavern
Inn
Almshouse
Great Hall

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Medieval Inns and Taverns

Inns served food and drink
Inns in towns and cities
Coach Inns on Trade Routes

Taverns are drinking houses usually owned by the brewers or vintners (in thorpes, hamlets, small villages this is a home)

The medieval tavern in large villages, towns and cities had multiple rooms, but usually smaller than inns.

Inns focused on sleeping rooms and foods, while taverns focused on drinking. Sometimes they overlap in one establishment.

small beer or small ale was 2% or less alcohol. This is in common usuage outside the Inns and Taverns and made by almost everyone.

Mixed water is water boiled and mixed to form teas and other hot beverages.

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Merchant and craftsmen guilds

The primary purpose of craftsmen guilds was to maintain a monopoly. Secondary purposes were to protect the rights of craftsman and "theoretically" to maintain quality.

Apprentices
Journeymen
Master

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List of craftsmen guilds in large cities on navigatable waterways
Apothecaries (mercers)
Armourers & brasiers (armour-makers and workers in brass)
Bagmakers
Bakers
Barkers (tanniers)
Barbers (also surgeons and dentists)
Basketmakers
Blacksmiths
Boatwrights
Bowyers (longbow makers)
Brewers (beer brewers)
Broderers (embroiderers)
Bricklayers
Butchers
Cappers (cappers, pinners, wiredrawers, and linendrapers)
Cardmakers (skinners)
Carpenters
Carvers (wrights and slaters)
Chandlers (candle makers)
Clothworkers (shearmen)
Cooks
Coopers & Turners (wood workers)
Cordwainers (workers in fine leather)
Cordwainers and shoemakers
CorvisersCurriers (dressers of tanned leather)
Cutlers
Drapier and hosiers
Drawers (fishermen)
Dyers (hewsters, bellfounders)
Farriers (shoers of horses)
Feltcappers or feltmakers.
Fishmongers
Fletchers (fletchers, bowyers, boopers, and stringers)
Founders and pewterers
Furbers (furbishers)
Girdlers (girdles and belts as clothing)
Glaziers
Goldsmiths (jewellers, clockmakers)
Grocers
Hatmakers
Headmakers (smiths, cutlers, and plumbers)
Innholders, cooks, and victuallers
Ironmongers
Joiners, carvers, and turners
Loriners (stirrups and other harness for horses)
Masons
Mercers (general merchants)
Needlemakers
Parchment makers
Pattenmakers (makers of wooden clog-style footwear)
Plaisterers (plasterers)
Plumbers
Poulters
Ropers
Saddlers
Salters
Sawyers
Scriveners (writers of court letters and legal documents)
Shipwrights
Skinners (haberdashers)
Silkweavers
Spicers
Spurriers
Stationers
Tanners
Tallow chandlers (candle makers)
Thatchers
Upholders (upholsterers)
Vintners (wine makers)
Wax Chandlers (candle makers)
Water Carriers
Wiredrawers
Weavers (fullers, chaloners)
Wheelwrights
Woolmen (winders and packers of wool)

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Depending on location the types of mills that might be found on rivers

Grain mills
Fulling mills - remove oils from wool
Tanning Mills - make fine powder from tree bark
Ironworks Mill - used to power various machinery
Hemp Mill - rope making for ship-building
Paper Mill
Sawmill
Ore Crushing

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Fishing ponds
Canals, locks, and weirs

Dams

Wells
Castle Wells

Barrels, buckets, and pots

Chain pumps

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D&D and other games have big glitches in their pricing systems.

Does the monetary system take into account supply and demand, wholesale prices, bartering, transportation, taxation, hazards, political status, kingdom treaties, quality of goods, how magic would affect prices, and the production process of items?

Are the prices of manufactured products always higher than the price of raw materials? Are the final prices reasonable or vastly inflated? Is there a reason for the price to be very high?

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List of Fantasy Town Buildings
abattoir
academy
adventurer's guild
alarm beacon
alchemist
amphitheater
antiquarian
apiary
apothecary
aquarium
aqueduct
armory
aviary
bakery
bank
barber
barracks
bathhouse
bazaar
beer garden
boathouse
book store
bookbinder
butcher
buttercross
cabbage vendor
candlestick maker
carpenter
cartographer
cartwright
chapel
chariot track
church
cistern
city jail
clerk's office
clothing shop
cobbler
coffin maker
coliseum
community building
constabulary
cooperage
council chamber
court house
crypt
dentist
dockhouse
docks
dog breeder
dovecot
druid hut
dyer
embassy
falconer
farmer's market
farrier
fighting arena
fighting pit
fine clothing shop
flax retter
fletcher
flour mill
fuller
furrier
gallows
garrison
gatehouse
general store
gong scourers
graveyard
greenhouses
grist mill
guard post
guildhall
gymnasium
haberdashery
harbour
haunted hotel
haunted house
herbalist
herbolary
hermit hovel
hermitage
horse-trader
hospice
hospital
inn
ironmonger
jail
jeweler
leatherworker
library
livery yard
locksmith
longhouse
magical tailor
mail courier
manor house
market
market square
market stall
mayor's house
mead hall
mercery
miller
mint
monastery
money changer
money exchange
morgue
music shop
nightsoil collectors
offices
orphanage
outhouse
paper maker
parsonage
pavillion
pawn shop
pet shop
philosopher's forum
philosopher's garden
plague pit
plaza
plumbing specialist
port
potion shop
potter
printmaker
prison
pub
public baths
public house
public square
refinery
residence
ropemaker
salon
sawmill
schoolhouse
scribe
seamster
seamstress
sewer entrance
sheriff's office
shrine
silversmith
spice merchant
stables
stockades
stonemason
street market
tailor
tannery
tax collector
temple
textile shop
theatre
thieves guild
thrift store
tinker's workshop
town crier post
town square
townhall
undertaker
villa
warehouse
water mill
weaver
well
wet market
wheel wright
wind mill
wizard tower

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Inside a Medieval Town
Castle
Town Hall
Lookout tower
Peasants’ houses called cottages made of daub and wattle
Craftworkers Shops
Blacksmith
Potters Shop
Wine Merchant
Market Areas
Cloth Merchants Shop
Church
Brewery
Inn
Guild Hall
Merchant Houses
Mill
Bakery

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Types of medieval buildings:

Private Buildings
Public Buildings
Business Buildings
Industrial/Manufacturing Buildings
Military Buildings
Religious Buildings
Infrastructure Buildings

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Each country

#1 Towns and cities
#2 Population and land
#3 Health
#4 Professions
#5 Armies
#6 Technology, Crops
#7 Justice
#8 Travelers and Trade
#9 Distances and Travel
#10 Currency, Coinage
#11 Economy
#12 Government, Serfdom, and Taxes

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City or Town: Both cities and towns can contain these structures

Mill
Farm
Blacksmiths
Stables
Brewery
Castle
Church
Industry
Well(s)

City: Only cities can contain these structures

Large Castle
Fortifications
Theatre
Library
Monasteries
Market
Barracks
Range
Stable
Siege Workshop
Infrastructure, various

Roads
Town
Guardhouse

Salt Town
Salt Works
Salt Trade

Mining Town
Iron Mine
Iron Trade

Quarry Town
Quarry
Stone Trade

Market Town
Market
Inn

Harbor Town
Fishery
Military Harbor
Trade Port

Logging Town
Hunting Lodge
Woodcutters

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Hamlet: collection of farm cottages, might have a blacksmith

Village: Church, blacksmith, tavern

Town: Market, church, coaching inn, taverns, blacksmith, various other trades

City: Market, cathedral, inns, taverns, all trades

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Medieval Medical Practices
List of price of medieval items
The Medieval Lifestyle: Food, Clothing, Weapons, Medicine and More

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The Zaharam-Chapelle-Parunas Ethnographical Questionnaire
Neitherworld Stories Tabletop roleplaying games and other geekery
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions: Peoples and Customs By Patricia C. Wrede Copyright © 1996
A World Building Checklist

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Chaotic Shiny
Onomastikon There is a method to following the links to the names to figure out for yourself
Geoff's Climate Cookbook
Creating an Earthlike Planet
Medieval Demographics Made Easypdf download