Jumble sale

The term free market (or Frey- market ) originally referred to a medieval usually granted by the Church or by the municipal council of privilege for foreign merchants, on a specific date in a community or town " peddle " goods.

The earliest records about date from the early 10th century and limited this right, first on one date per year. Only much later - in the 17th and especially the 18th century - was this right progressively extended to other dates due to the growing power of the bourgeois manufacturers and dealers: First in sequence ( eg, 4th Sunday after Easter), then in complete enclosure Christian dates (Easter / Christmas) and as a multi-day markets.

A well-known example is the free market Bremen in northern Germany, held since the year 1035 and has evolved over time into a major festival (biggest in Northern Germany with over 4 million visitors in 17 days ). Other well-known free markets exist in Hildesheim, Passau, Tamsweg, and more.

The term " free market " itself is limited to the German-speaking countries, but experienced quite analogies in other languages ​​as well as historically an extension to general political and economic issues and theories, for example on free trade.

Credentials

• Carnival
• Economy ( Middle Ages)