scholarly journals COERCION ON HOLY DAYS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
J. S. Kirkland
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
Ecclesiastical Courts ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract The Middle Ages are not usually considered an era when the law was friendly to laborers. Numerous regulations in medieval England were very unfriendly to them. However, religious laws—that is, canon law—did act to protect laborers when it came to working on holy days. Examining cases in the ecclesiastical courts, this article traces discussions concerning who was to blame, from theory into practice, when masters compelled their subordinates to work on holy days. Differing ideas on how to assign blame were ultimately reflected in the ecclesiastical courts. Some courts prosecuted only masters, while others prosecuted both masters and subordinates.

The greatest health problem of the Middle Ages? Estimating the burden of disease in medieval England

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
John Robb ◽  
Craig Cessford ◽  
Jenna Dittmar ◽  
Sarah A. Inskip ◽  
Piers D. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
The Middle Ages

The Coronation in Medieval England: The Evolution of the Office and the Oath

Traditio ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 111-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Middle Ages

An explanatory foreword seems to be demanded by the studies in the English coronation ceremony here presented. I am conscious that on a number of points, views are now put forward incompatible with those I have expressed on other occasions since first I began to write on the subject. Further scrutiny of the evidence and the redating of some of the more important documents have, however, led me inevitably to conclusions at variance not only with those of other scholars, but with some that seemed plausible to me at the time of writing. What is principally in question is the history of the English coronation before 1308; but I have revised and elaborated the story of the evolution of the Fourth Recension of the English coronation office as it was presented by Professor Sayles and myself a good many years ago. It would be presumptuous on my part to pretend that I have given final answers to the many questions the tangled history of the English coronation provokes. I have changed my own mind too often to permit me to imagine that there may not be answers to those questions more satisfying than mine. But what I have written will, I trust, advance the study of obscure and complicated problems which have an important bearing upon the history of kingship in the Middle Ages and therefore upon medieval polity.

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