Medieval History
The Occupy movement is spreading across the globe because people are tired of the 1%'s greed forcing the 99% further into poverty and wage slavery. But a theatrical rendition in Sarasota Sunday reminded people this isn't the first time in history the rich have been targeted by angry crowds of common folk tired of being stepped on.
About 25 Common people from the Peasant Revolt of 1381 are preparing to storm London Tower, intent on murder. Fourteen year old King Richard II raised poll taxes for the third time in six years, ostensibly to pay for military campaigns overseas. One Common is a scruffy young man covered in dirt. He seemed to be in a bit of a quandary on precisely why he was protesting.
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- Greed Wasn?t Good In The Middle Ages ? Historian Looks At Medieval Business Ethics
ith business and financial scandals common in today?s new headlines, the axiom ?Greed is good? often seems to be the working philosophy of many wealthy executives and businessmen. But greed hasn?t always been popular in Western societies. Stanford...
- Interview With Sylvia Federico On Women In The Peasants' Revolt
The CBC Radio show As it Happens interviewed Professor Sylvia Federico of Bates College about her research on Women in the 1381 Peasant's Revolt. You can download the podcast here. The seven minute segment appears at about the 25 minute mark...
- Face Of 14th-century Archbishop Of Canterbury Revealed
The face of Simon of Sudbury, the controversial former Archbishop of Canterbury, was revealed last week ? 630 years after he met his grizzly end during the Peasant?s Revolt of 1381. Using skeletal detail taken from his part-mummified skull, forensic artist...
- The 800-year-old Story Of Stourbridge Fair
In the month of September, Stourbridge Common on the outskirts of Cambridge is a lush and pleasant water meadow, frequented by dog walkers, morning joggers and nonchalantly masticating cattle. Scroll back to this very spot several hundred years ago and...
- Medievalists Running To Support Ms Treatment And Research
A group of medieval historians from the University of St Andrews are preparing to swap their gowns for shorts at the Edinburgh marathon on Sunday, May 23rd. Running in aid of MS Scotland, in support of a former student who has multiple sclerosis, the...
Medieval History
Sarasota's Medieval Fair compares Peasants Revolt of 1381 with Occupy movement
The Occupy movement is spreading across the globe because people are tired of the 1%'s greed forcing the 99% further into poverty and wage slavery. But a theatrical rendition in Sarasota Sunday reminded people this isn't the first time in history the rich have been targeted by angry crowds of common folk tired of being stepped on.
About 25 Common people from the Peasant Revolt of 1381 are preparing to storm London Tower, intent on murder. Fourteen year old King Richard II raised poll taxes for the third time in six years, ostensibly to pay for military campaigns overseas. One Common is a scruffy young man covered in dirt. He seemed to be in a bit of a quandary on precisely why he was protesting.
Click here to read this article from WMNF Community Radio
- Greed Wasn?t Good In The Middle Ages ? Historian Looks At Medieval Business Ethics
ith business and financial scandals common in today?s new headlines, the axiom ?Greed is good? often seems to be the working philosophy of many wealthy executives and businessmen. But greed hasn?t always been popular in Western societies. Stanford...
- Interview With Sylvia Federico On Women In The Peasants' Revolt
The CBC Radio show As it Happens interviewed Professor Sylvia Federico of Bates College about her research on Women in the 1381 Peasant's Revolt. You can download the podcast here. The seven minute segment appears at about the 25 minute mark...
- Face Of 14th-century Archbishop Of Canterbury Revealed
The face of Simon of Sudbury, the controversial former Archbishop of Canterbury, was revealed last week ? 630 years after he met his grizzly end during the Peasant?s Revolt of 1381. Using skeletal detail taken from his part-mummified skull, forensic artist...
- The 800-year-old Story Of Stourbridge Fair
In the month of September, Stourbridge Common on the outskirts of Cambridge is a lush and pleasant water meadow, frequented by dog walkers, morning joggers and nonchalantly masticating cattle. Scroll back to this very spot several hundred years ago and...
- Medievalists Running To Support Ms Treatment And Research
A group of medieval historians from the University of St Andrews are preparing to swap their gowns for shorts at the Edinburgh marathon on Sunday, May 23rd. Running in aid of MS Scotland, in support of a former student who has multiple sclerosis, the...