Champagne fairs

Champagnemessen called the fairs that took place in the Champagne from the High Middle Ages six times a year in different cities.

Exhibitions were held in Troyes, Bar-sur- Aube, Lagny -sur -Marne Provins and six times a year. Undetectable they are from the mid-11th century, in the 12th century it gained importance. In the 13th century it evolved into major hubs for Central Europe. In addition to the trade in goods, the money economy playing on the Champagnemessen an important role, from the mid-13th century it was even more important than trade. Financial transactions were mainly in the hands of the Lombards and Tuscans.

At the turn of the 14th century lost the measuring important. For the fall, which was completed around 1320, including the relocation of the main trade routes to the East, increasing tensions between the Capetians and the Flemish counts and the recovery of Italian cloth production are responsible.

The fairs were under the protection of the Counts of Blois the house.