From the 12th/13th century through the 17th century, alongside the self-sufficiency of settlements and farmsteads, trade between towns and their surrounding areas—as well as among the towns themselves—grew steadily. Long-distance trade also expanded steadily. This required, on the one hand, production beyond what was needed for personal consumption and, on the other hand, a monetary economy that greatly facilitated (barter) trade. Münster was also one of the Hanseatic cities. We will hear about the lives of the two merchants’ daughters Hangesbecke and Knipperdollinck, the ill-fated engagement of Anna Plate, financial transactions and the Otto-Adelheid-penny, a peddler woman, the Beguines and many other women and children.
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