A Classification of Peasants Attached to Land in Byzantium of the 14th Century
Cluster analysis was used to classify peasants attached to land in the 14th century Byzantium on the basis of 1321 property-tax cadastre that registered the landed property of St. Athanasius Lavra in Athos.
Fighting for Fun? What Was At Stake in Formal Deeds of Arms of the 14th Century?
My focus will be on a few specific formal — that is ceremonious and ostensibly friendly — ‘deeds of arms’ described by Jean Froissart, a prolific 14th century writer with an intense admiration for ‘deeds of arms’ and chivalry.
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol
The Wife of Bath: Sexuality vs. Symbol By Frances Beer Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 3:2 (1981) Introduction: In the figure of the Wife…
Prisoners in the Castellany of Arras in the Early Fourteenth Century
The fiscal arrangements for the prison, including the charges on prisoners and the provision made for indigent prisoners, can be used to obtain other information on such matters as normal terms of imprisonment, the composition of the prison population, prison conditions, and the fate of prisoners.
Interview with David Green
We are pleased to interview Dr. David Green, professor at Harlaxton College. Dr. Green has also taught at the universities of Sheffield, St Andrews…
A Mediaeval Burglary
A 24-page lecture from 1915 about a little known burglary of King Edward I’s treasure room in 1303. There remains some mystery of who did it, this real-life story has drama, interesting characters, scandal, cover-up, and provides a sense and feel of the times from a ground-up perspective. Includes a hand-drawn map and two relevant manuscript pages.
The Agrarian Problem in the Early Fourteenth Century
Until recently it was widely believed that feudal tenurial relationships sanctioned and facilitated the extra-economic exploitation of tenants by their lords. Together, the heaviness of rent charges and the arbitrariness of lordship discouraged and depressed tenant investment in agriculture.
Accounting and power: evidence from the fourteenth century
Accounting systems provide not only quantitative information but they also have the potential to document the economic, social, and institutional context in which they have occurred.
Portuguese Crypto-Jewish Ballads: A Passagem do Mar Vermelho and A Pedra Mara
Some New Christians managed to escape abroad, founding Jewish communities in Bordeaux, London, Amsterdam, and other cities (Azevedo 359-430). With the union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns (1580-1640), the number of those who moved to Spain and its American colonies was so great that the word “Portuguese” became practically synonymous with “Jew.”
Between Herbals et alia: Intertextuality in Medieval English Herbals
The study points out the close relationship between medical recipes and recipe-like passages in herbals (recipe paraphrases). The examples of recipe paraphrases show that they may have been perceived as indirect instruction.
The Sovereign and His Counsellors : Ritualised Consultations in Muscovite Political Culture, 1350s-1570s
Muscovite understanding of how the autocratic ruler and his subjects should interact with each other was explicitly expressed in ritualised con- sultations between the sovereign and his counsellors. In my work, I endeavour to answer the question of how these consultations met the ide- ological needs of the autocracy and the requirements of the state adminis- tration.