Medievalists.net » Local History http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Social Roles and Status of Women in a Norfolk small market Town Heacham 1276-1324 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 04:04:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62963 The objective of this paper is to measure the involvement of women in the Heacham local food and drink market and to assess the social differentiation among these working women mentioned in the 43 leet courts (1276-1324 ca.)

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/social-roles-and-status-of-women-in-a-norfolk-small-market-town-heacham-1276-1324/feed/ 0 Women, the Marketplace, and the Borough Courts: Evidence from Fourteenth-Century Colchester http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/women-the-marketplace-and-the-borough-courts-evidence-from-fourteenth-century-colchester/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/women-the-marketplace-and-the-borough-courts-evidence-from-fourteenth-century-colchester/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 14:51:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58440 By examining the frequency and types of infractions for which women were cited at court and, additionally, the complaints women brought in the first half of the fourteenth century, this essay aims to explore the legal and cultural implications of women's representation in the borough courts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/women-the-marketplace-and-the-borough-courts-evidence-from-fourteenth-century-colchester/feed/ 0 CONFERENCES: Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an Early London chronicler http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:51:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53049 Another fascinating paper given at the Institute for Historical Research in central London. For those of you interested in chronicles, urban history and London, this paper was definitely for you. Ian Stone discussed his dissertation about thirteenth century London through the eyes of wealthy Alderman, Arnold Fitz Thedmar.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/04/conferences-arnold-fitz-thedmar-early-london-chronicler/feed/ 0 Medieval Museum in Waterford wins awards http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/30/medieval-museum-in-waterford-wins-awards/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/30/medieval-museum-in-waterford-wins-awards/#comments Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:26:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47157 Congratulations to the Waterford Medieval Museum for winning 'Best Heritage Project' and 'Best Public Building' from the Local Authority Members Awards

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/30/medieval-museum-in-waterford-wins-awards/feed/ 0 St. Augustine’s Tower – Hackney, London http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/19/st-augustines-tower-hackney-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/19/st-augustines-tower-hackney-london/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:29:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44963 My trip to St. Augustine's Tower in Hackney, London.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/19/st-augustines-tower-hackney-london/feed/ 0 A Castellan Claims his Castles: Textualization of Claims in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/05/a-castellan-claims-his-castles-textualization-of-claims-in-eleventh-century-aquitaine/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/05/a-castellan-claims-his-castles-textualization-of-claims-in-eleventh-century-aquitaine/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:32:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43405 The Conventum inter Guillelmum Aquitanorum Comitem et Hugonem Chilarchum is a 340-line, highly descriptive document of claims, counter-claims, and often violent conflicts, all revolving around property, between Hugh of Lusignan and Count William of Aquitaine, written by an unidentified author and scribe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/05/a-castellan-claims-his-castles-textualization-of-claims-in-eleventh-century-aquitaine/feed/ 0 Historian uncovers evidence of football match from 1320 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/historian-uncovers-evidence-of-football-match-from-1320/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/historian-uncovers-evidence-of-football-match-from-1320/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:07:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42830 A recently discovered court roll has uncovered evidence that the game of football was played as early as 1320 in the town of Hollesley in Suffolk, England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/14/historian-uncovers-evidence-of-football-match-from-1320/feed/ 0 Society and Settlement in Glendalough and the Vartry before 1650 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/society-and-settlement-in-glendalough-and-the-vartry-before-1650/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/society-and-settlement-in-glendalough-and-the-vartry-before-1650/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:12:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40697 Glendalough and the Vartry yielded some of its secrets in these last four years and I became aware of its many unique aspects and the fact that the island viewpoints ofthe general political historian were not necessarily appropriate.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/21/society-and-settlement-in-glendalough-and-the-vartry-before-1650/feed/ 0 Problems with medieval Welsh local administration – the case of the maenor and the maenol http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/problems-with-medieval-welsh-local-administration-the-case-of-the-maenor-and-the-maenol/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/problems-with-medieval-welsh-local-administration-the-case-of-the-maenor-and-the-maenol/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 03:28:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32006 This article proposes to look more closely at one level of this emergent Welsh territorial order, namely, the level of the maenor/maenol.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/20/problems-with-medieval-welsh-local-administration-the-case-of-the-maenor-and-the-maenol/feed/ 0 Parochialization and patterns of patronage in 11th-century Sussex http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/28/parochialization-and-patterns-of-patronage-in-11th-century-sussex/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/28/parochialization-and-patterns-of-patronage-in-11th-century-sussex/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:26:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20257 Parochialization and patterns of patronage in 11th-century Sussex By Neil S. Rushton Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol. 137 (1999) Abstract: The 11th century was a crucial period for the formation of the parochial system in England. The old minster parochiae were being broken up and their rights encroached upon by an increasing number of new churches, […]

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