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>Perceptions of lawlessness : the contribution of the Honour of Leicester to crime and lawlessness between 1260 and 1360 and its bearing on the ballad literature of the period
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Perceptions of lawlessness : the contribution of the Honour of Leicester to crime and lawlessness between 1260 and 1360 and its bearing on the ballad literature of the period
This dissertation addresses the different perceptions of lawlessness held by the magnate and gentry classes in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. These attitudes are analysed in relation to the coalescence of the Honour of Leicester within the Earldom of Lancaster, the acceleration of the retaining phenomenon, changes in the legal system and the accompanying rise in recorded crime.;Crime figures obtained from selected gaol delivery rolls, the Calendars of the Close and Patent Rolls, alongside evidence from the surviving eyre and assize rolls, demonstrate a rise in lawlessness between 1260 and 1360. The reasons for this increase, its perception by the population, and its portrayal in the ballads and political songs are the major themes of this thesis.;The anarchy that followed the death of Simon de Montfort, the development of the Earldom of Lancaster, the abandonment of the eyre, continuing wars, purveyance, disease, taxation, the rise of professionalism, and the practice of retaining all encouraged crime. The attitude that violence and extortion were not only acceptable, but were a means of political and social elevation is repeated in both the legal documents and literature of the day. Felons of the age, such as the Folvilles and Beltofts, are mirrored in the tales of Robin Hood, Gamelyn and Adam Bell.;Lawlessness had become an acceptable means of self-advancement for the gentry and magnate classes. Families competed for retaining alliances that brought power, influence and control of the local area; corruption was bound to follow, and consequently lawlessness. Contemporary poets could confidently place the outlaw as the hero against the tyranny of the crown, and the injustice of the law.
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机译:本文论述了十三,十四世纪大亨阶级和士绅阶级对违法行为的不同看法。分析了这些态度,包括莱斯特荣誉勋章在兰开斯特伯爵夫人制内的合并,保持现象的加速,法律制度的变化以及随之而来的犯罪记录的增加。收卷和专利卷的日历,以及幸存的提琴和巡回卷的证据表明,在1260年至1360年之间,无法无天的现象有所增加。这种增加的原因,人们的不满以及在民谣和政治歌曲中的写照是本文的主要主题。西蒙·德·蒙福特(Simon de Montfort)逝世,兰开斯特伯爵(Larcaster)的发展,弃权,继续战争,财产,疾病,税收,专业精神的兴起以及保留所有鼓励犯罪的做法。在当今的法律文件和文献中都重复了这样一种态度:暴力和勒索不仅可以接受,而且可以作为政治和社会地位的一种手段。罗宾汉,加米琳和亚当·贝尔的故事反映了该时代的重罪犯,例如福尔维尔家族和贝尔托夫茨家族;法轮功已经成为绅士和大亨阶级自我提升的一种可接受的方式。家庭争夺保留联盟的权力,这些联盟带来了当地的力量,影响力和控制力。随之而来的是腐败,因此无法无天。当代诗人可以放心地将亡命徒定为英雄,反对王室暴政和法律不公。
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