Editing Linen (section)

=== Middle Ages ===
By the [[Middle Ages]], there was a thriving trade in German flax and linen. The trade spread throughout [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] by the 9th century and spread to [[Flanders]] and [[Pagus of Brabant|Brabant]] by the 11th century. The [[Lower Rhine region|Lower Rhine]] was a center of linen making in the Middle Ages.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Keller |first1=Kenneth W. |title=From the Rhineland to the Virginia Frontier: Flax Production as a Commercial Enterprise |journal=The Virginia Backcountry |date=1990 |volume=98 |issue=3 |page=488 |jstor=4249165 }}</ref> Flax was cultivated and linen used for clothing in Ireland by the 11th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flax to Fabric: The Story of Irish Linen |url=https://www.lisburnmuseum.com/2016/02/history-of-irish-linen-flax/ |website=Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum |access-date=5 June 2020 }}</ref> Evidence suggests that flax may have been grown and sold in Southern England in the 12th and 13th centuries.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Collins |first=Brenda |title=Linen in Europe Conference 16–19 April 1998 Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum |journal=Irish Economic and Social History |date=1998 |volume=25 |pages=96–99 |doi=10.1177/033248939802500109 |jstor=24341023 |s2cid=164245290 }}</ref> Textiles, primarily linen and wool, were produced in decentralized home weaving mills.<ref name="Textiltechnikum">{{cite web |title=The Development of Textile Technology: Inside the TextilTechnikum (Textile Technology Center) in Monforts Quartier, Mönchengladbach |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-development-of-textile-technology-textiltechnikum/JQJCktufFk01IQ?hl=en |website=Google Arts & Culture |publisher=Textiltechnikum |access-date=4 June 2020 }}</ref>