IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 319: 14th-Century Studies, III: Law, Lawyers, and Clerks
Monday 11 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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| Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | James Bothwell, School of History, University of Leicester |
| Paper 319-a | The Trial and Forfeiture of Alice Perrers (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 319-b | Medieval Lawyers' Philanthropy: A Contradiction in Terms? (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Local History, Social History |
| Paper 319-c | Poor Clerks or Wealthy Businessmen?: 14th-Century English Scriveners and the Sources of Their Income (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Law, Local History, Social History |
| Abstract | These papers consider the activities of what might loosely be described as the 'professional classes' of 14th-century England. Two papers adopt an economic approach, seeking to overturn long established assumptions about how clerks and lawyers used their wealth. One sets the bequests of a representative group of lawyers within the immediate ambit of their personal life and financial means and within the wider social and economic context of charitable giving in medieval England. The other examines the sheer variety of services provided by medieval scriveners in the 14th century and the potential for prosperity associated with each. A third paper offers a fresh reappraisal of the trial and subsequent forefeitures of Edward III's mistress, Alice Perrers. |