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ARCHIVAL INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ETHICS IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, 1300–1500 Jennifer Hole Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics Series Editor Robert Leeson Stanford University Department of Economics California, USA Aim of the Series Th is series provides unique insights into economics by providing archival evidence into the evolution of the subject. Each volume provides bio- graphical information about key economists associated with the develop- ment of a key school, an overview of key controversies and gives unique insights provided by archival sources. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14777 Jennifer Hole Economic Ethics in Late Medieval England, 1300–1500 Jennifer Hole University of Western Australia Crawley , West Australia , Australia Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics ISBN 978-3-319-38859-5 ISBN 978-3-319-38860-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-38860-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016947994 © Th e Editor(s) (if applicable) and Th e Author(s) 2016 Th is work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. 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Printed on acid-free paper Th is Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature Th e registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Th e registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Acknowledgements It is owing to the support and encouragement of the late Professor Philippa Maddern that my thesis was written, fi rst sparking my interest in economic ethics in late medieval England. Philippa was my principal supervisor until her illness prevented her from further participation. Her place was taken by Dr Stephanie Tarbin, who made a tremendous contri- bution of her time and energy despite her increased workload. Professor Andrew Lynch (English and Cultural Studies) stepped in to off er guid- ance for the chapter on literary sources and to comment on my revised manuscript as a whole. I must also thank Dr Spencer Young for all of his help as a co-supervisor, both while he was here at the University of Western Australia and since his return to North America. I n the course of my research in the United Kingdom, I received assis- tance from many people who were kind enough to let me view archives, manuscripts and early printed books or provide me with photographs or microfi lm copies. Th ese are the following: the staff of the Western Manuscripts Collection and other departments of the Bodleian Library, Oxford; Mr Stewart Tiley, Librarian, St John’s College, Oxford; Dr Anna Sander, Lonsdale Curator of Archives and Manuscripts, Balliol College, Oxford; Dr Julia Walworth and Dr Julian Read, Library, Merton College, Oxford; the staff of the Manuscripts Department and Early Printed Book Collections at the British Library, London; the library staff , Institute of Historical Research, University of London; the staff of the Senate House v vi Acknowledgements Library, University of London; Dr Mark Statham, Librarian, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; the staff of the Cambridge University Library; Naomi Van Loo, Librarian, New College, Oxford; Dr Robin Darwall-Smith, Archivist, Magdalen College, Oxford; and Karen Robson, Senior Archivist, University of Southampton Library. I would also like to thank the members of the palaeography group at the University of Western Australia for their help with interpreting some of the more diffi cult material. Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Economic Ethics 19 3 Th e Translation of Economic Ethics into the Daily Practices of the Laity 53 4 Wealth and Lordship in Late Medieval Literature 99 5 Th e Application of Th eory: Th e Language of Economic Ethics in Statutes and Petitions 127 6 Lords of the Manor: Rapacious or Reasonable? 177 7 Merchants and Landowners’ Responses to Economic Ethics 205 vii viii Contents 8 Conclusion 243 Bibliography 253 Index 293 Abbreviations and Editorial Notes Aquinas, S T Th omas Aquinas, Summa Th eologiae: Latin Text with English Translation , 61 vols., London, Th e Blackfriars with Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1963. Armburgh Papers Th e Armburgh Papers, ed. C. Carpenter, Woodbridge, Boydell, 1998. Ayenbite of Inwyt Dan Michel’s Ayenbite of Inwyt, ed. P. Gradon, 2 vols., London, Oxford University Press for the Early English Text Society, 1979. Bromyard, S P(1) John Bromyard, S umma Praedicantium , Prima Pars, Venice, 1586. Bromyard, S P(2) John Bromyard, S umma Praedicantium , Secunda Pars, Venice, 1586. CCR Calendar of Close Rolls , 61 vols., London, HMSO, 1900–1963, accessed via British History Online h ttp://www.british-history. ac.uk . Cely Letters Th e Cely Letters, 1472–1488 , ed. A. Hanham, London, Oxford University Press for the Early English Text Society, 1975. Confessio Amantis John Gower, C onfessio Amantis , ed. R.A. Peck, 3 vols., Kalamazoo, MI, Medieval Institute Publications, 2003–06. ix
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