Meet the Middle Ages
BackKalmar Town
Aspeland was far away from any town. Still, one kept in touch with Kalmar. At the big fair which took place once a year at the end of August - St. Bartholomew ´s - many people came to town. One would then load a horse and bring iron, farm produce such as butter, cheese, meat and grain as wellas fire-wood and timber. One made one ´s way along the old main road.
It is not hard to imagine how impressed the peasants must have been by the town. What a lot of people on such a small space! Such great buildings – a huge church, a convent, a school and lots of exciting inns. Everywhere one could hear foreign languages, German in particular. There would be lots to tell about Kalmar when one came home. Interesting things could be bought. The peasants could return with the all-important salt as well as exotic and expensive spices such as pepper, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and saffron. They could buy Flemish cloth at the cloth-house "Panneryng" near the harbour. Perhaps they got some wine from the Rhine or from France from the wine-merchant, or German beer. Maybe there would be a feast when they came home.
Read more about the inhabitants of Kalmar in "Möre"