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Cracking down on illegal gambling in Medieval Livonia

Medievalists.net — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:03:05 +0000

Just like their modern day counterparts, medieval cities had to deal with their own criminal underworlds - the sex trade, gambling, and violence taking place within their walls. At the International Medieval Congress, held earlier this month at the University of Leeds, these issues were explored as part of session #706: Perceiving and Regulating Vices.

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Gambling and Gaming in the Holy Land: Chess, Dice and Other Games in the Sources of the Crusades

Medievalists.net — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:57:24 +0000

The article demonstrates that, for the Latin chroniclers, the most serious problem of gambling in the context of the crusades was its tendency to distract from the war effort.

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Organizing the Greed for Gain. Alfonso X of Spain’s Law on Gambling Houses

Medievalists.net — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:23:46 +0000

The “Ordenamiento de las tafurerias” is a law code about gambling, established by a certain Maestre Roldan in 1276 or 1277 CE (1314 / 1315 era hisp.)by command of King Alfonso X of Castile. It represents the most detailed and exhaustive regulation of gambling from the Middle Ages, providing useful information about the practice of gambling, the presumed or real problems connected to it, and the measures taken by authorities.

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