Defining a community: Controlling nuisance in late-medieval London
Looking only at late-medieval London, this study examines nuisance and social regulation through an analysis of secular court records, as well as other relevant municipal sources.
Justice under Manuel I Komnenos: Four Novels on Court Business and Murder
Justice under Manuel I Komnenos: Four Novels on Court Business and Murder By Ruth Macrides Fontes minores, Vol.6 (1984) Introduction: Four novels of…
English women at law: Actions in the King’s Courts of Justice, 1194-1222
Women in the medieval English law courts have too often been regarded as passive objects of legal restrictions. Their true position in the courts is best revealed by their own actions as seen in the plea rolls, the records of proceedings in the royal courts.
Aberrant Accounts: William Dugdale’s Handling of Two Tudor Murders in The Antiquities of Warwickshire
Aberrant Accounts: William Dugdale’s Handling of Two Tudor Murders in The Antiquities of Warwickshire Broadway, Jane Midland history, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring…
From Mordoor to Murdrum: The Preconquest Origin and Norman Revival of the Murder Fine
From Mordoor to Murdrum: The Preconquest Origin and Norman Revival of the Murder Fine By Bruce R. O’Brien Speculum, Vol.71:2 (1996) Introduction: What…
Settlement and the Decline of Private Prosecution in Thirteenth-Century England
Settlement and the Decline of Private Prosecution in Thirteenth-Century England By Daniel Klerman Independent Institute Working Paper #19 (2000) Introduction: Although modern societies…
Criminal Law and the Development of the Assizes of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century
Criminal Law and the Development of the Assizes of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century By Adam M. Bishop PhD…
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000 Dunn, Kimberlee Harper (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis (Science), University of North Texas, August (2006) Abstract…
Female Prosecutors in Thirteenth-Century England
Female Prosecutors in Thirteenth-Century England By Daniel Klerman Published Online (2010) Abstract: Women played a surprisingly large role in the private prosecution of…
Seven Shillings and a Penny: Female Suicide in Late Medieval England
Seven Shillings and a Penny: Female Suicide in Late Medieval England Callaghan, Caitlin G. Medieval Feminist Forum, 43, no. 1 (2007) Abstract In…
Ravishment, Legal Narratives, and Chivalric Culture in Fifteenth-Century England
Ravishment, Legal Narratives, and Chivalric Culture in Fifteenth-Century England McSheffrey, Shannon and Pope, Julia (Concordia University) Journal of British Studies, 48 (October, 2009) Abstract Late…
Crossing The River: Of Whores and Watermen
As a cultural perspective on the movements of local Londoners, this paper seeks to examine the nature of the River Thames as a boundary of propriety, behaviour, and acceptance in late-medieval and Tudor London
Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages
Framing ‘Piracy’: restitution at sea in the later Middle Ages Dick, Bryan D. PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, January (2010) Abstract The focus…
Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188)
Cum consilio et deliberatione episcoporum, comitum, et baronum nostrorum’: institutional consultation and cooperative governance in the Spanish kingdoms and England (1100-1188) Cerda, José Manuel (University of…
Vampire or Megalomaniac Serial Killer?: The Bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory
The legend of the Countess Erzsébeth Bathory presents a unique case in which the fictional elements of vampire and witch folklore combine with true historical facts to create the quasi-mythical figure of the Bloody Countess.
Bones of Contention: The Justifications for Relic Thefts in the Middle Ages
As the devotion to relics grew, so did the theft of these prized relics. The popularity of relic thefts peaked in Western Europe during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries.
Forgery in the market place: A study of six medieval English towns
Covering the period 1250 to 1400, this paper focuses on prosecutions for weights and measures forgery in six towns: London, Norwich, Colchester, Great Yarmouth, Leicester and Nottingham.
The myth of lesbian impunity: capital laws from 1270 to 1791
The myth of lesbian impunity: capital laws from 1270 to 1791 By Louis Crompton Journal of Homosexuality, Vol.6 No.1-2 (1980-81) Abstract: The standard…
Gallows in Late Medieval Frisia
Gallows in Late Medieval Frisia By Johannes A. Mol Advances in Old Frisian Philology, edited by Rolf H. Bremmer Jr., Stephen Laker and…
Drunken Brawls in Brothels: Cheap wine, court records, and other disreputable aspects of the economic history of Constance and its region
In 1456, the records of the City Council of Constance memorialized a fight in a brothel. A certain Burk Brüd had drawn a knife (in itself a punishable offense within city limits) and wounded one Heinrich Appenzeller, for which he was fined four silver marks and sentenced to two months in jail.
No-Woman’s Land? On Female Crime and Incarceration, Past, Present, and Future
No-Woman’s Land? On Female Crime and Incarceration, Past, Present, and Future By Guy Geltner Justice Policy Journal, Volume 7, No. 2 (2010) Abstract:…
Orgeluse and the Trial for Rape at the Court of King Arthur: Parzival 521, 19 to 529, 16
Orgeluse and the Trial for Rape at the Court of King Arthur: Parzival 521, 19 to 529, 16 Westphal-Wihl, Sarah Arthuriana 20.3 (2010) Abstract…
Prostitution in the Medieval Canon Law
Prostitution in the Medieval Canon Law By James A. Brundage Signs, Vol. 1:4 (1976) Introduction: Prostitution has been called the oldest human profession,…
Killing Kings: Patterns of Regicide in Europe, AD 600–1800
A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe in the medieval…
“Let her be taken”: Sexual Violence in Medieval England
Violence was a part of everyday life for most Europeans throughout the Middle Ages. It affected everyone, but the exact nature of the violence was often gender specific; victims of sexual violence are, and were, most often women.