11/07/2021
The Medieval Marketplace and the Sung Dynasty
In the thirteenth century, after a period of commercial decline, the trading industry began to recover. The Magna Carta brought about the deterioration of feudalism, creating a more functional and cultured society. Trade was established between the east and west, craft guilds were formed, and a middle class began to emerge. To control trade, guilds made it mandatory to brand goods with proprietary marks.
The Sung dynasty was an age of Chinese history beginning in 960 and lasting until 1279, this was a hugely rich and technological time in China. During this era, block-printing, paper money and most importantly, a moveable type of printing – with letters arranged for each new page - were created. With over 10,000 characters in their language, printing was still a long process. However these developments paved the way for a variety of early forms of branding, including printed wrappers, signboards and printed advertisements.
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