Table Of ContentARCHIVAL INSIGHTS INTO THE
EVOLUTION OF ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ETHICS
IN LATE MEDIEVAL
ENGLAND,
1300–1500
Jennifer Hole
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Jennifer Hole
Economic Ethics in
Late Medieval
England, 1300–1500
Jennifer Hole
University of Western Australia
Crawley , West Australia , Australia
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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
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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
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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.
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