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Good plan! Through your marriage treaty, Scotland formed commercial agreements with the Low countries. You export locally produced goods such as wool and leather, then import luxuries from Europe to furnish your palace.

Marriage ties and fine stockings

Trading flourishes and Scotland's burghs grow in size and importance. Edinburgh becomes a major burgh for Scottish trade with Europe.

Many luxuries are imported to Scotland. Wine from Bordeaux, linen and cloth from Flanders and other fine products from Lübeck.

Changes in Scotland's export trade. Bar chart showing the increase of tax payments made to the Crown by merchants exporting salt from Edinburgh between 1435-1539.

Trade link from Edinburgh to Lübeck in Germany. Metal goods, jewellery and exotic foods could be bought from Lübeck.