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The King’s Contemptuous Subjects: The Bristol Revolt of 1312-1316

The fourteenth century in England was a time of great dysfunction and tumult, with events like the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt. However, before this came the Bristol Revolt, one of the most significant but understudied urban rebellions of medieval England. In this article, Daniel Cramphorn details the rebellion’s background, sources, and its key events, focusing on the changing levels of violence and order. The exploration of this four-year-long revolt highlights just why it should be widely seen as an extraordinary example of late medieval urban protest.
AUTHOR DANIEL CRAMPHORN

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Angry, Fat and Cross – the Unmarried Woman in Early Modern England

Unmarried women in the Post-Mediaeval society occupied a unique position, since it meant to be partially socially and financially independent, but also to waiver certain social rights and privileges that were ordinarily only available to married women. The stereotype of the widow (elderly, destitute, lonely and haggard); superstitions around them and later, the satire found in both print and the wider media as well how historical archaeology can help unveil this preconceptions are explored in this excellent article.

AUTHOR: TOMO OLLIVIER