IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 128: Work and Workers on Land and Sea, 1000-1400
Monday 3 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Grace Owen, School of History & Cultures University of Birmingham |
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Moderator/Chair: | Stuart Pracy, Department of History, University of Manchester |
Paper 128-a | The Status and Role of Workers on English Manors, 1000-1200 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
Paper 128-b | Running a Tight Ship: Crew Roles and Responsibilities, c.1000 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Maritime and Naval Studies, Social History |
Paper 128-c | Examining a Local Economic Network: The Remuneration of Manorial Officials in Later Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Rural, Social History |
Abstract | This session will explore the organisation of work in medieval Europe for the period c. 1000-1400. Each paper will examine the roles and responsibilities of workers and how they functioned within larger socio-economic networks. Paper -a will explore the status of workers on English manors through their representations within key sources, such as the Domesday Book and Rotuli de Dominabus; paper -b will analyse work at sea through crew roles and responsibilities; and paper-c will examine the interconnected system of peasant officials and workers in later medieval England through the records of their remuneration. |