All Outputs (4)

Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in Mid-Fourteenth Century Northumberland (2022)
Journal Article
Raven, M. (2023). Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in Mid-Fourteenth Century Northumberland. Northern History, 60(1), 2-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/0078172X.2022.2142184

The international wool trade was an important part of Northumberland’s economy in the fourteenth century, and participation in it was central to the working lives of many local merchants. However, in the mid-fourteenth century the wool trade was subj... Read More about Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in Mid-Fourteenth Century Northumberland.

Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in England, c.1337-63: Law Enforcement and the Moral Economy in the Late Middle Ages (2022)
Journal Article
Raven, M. (2022). Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in England, c.1337-63: Law Enforcement and the Moral Economy in the Late Middle Ages. Law and History Review, 40(4), 747-788. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0738248022000311

The process of law enforcement helped to shape the state in the Middle Ages. This article uses an extensive array of court records to provide the first detailed account of royal efforts to police the illegal export of wool in mid-fourteenth century E... Read More about Wool Smuggling and the Royal Government in England, c.1337-63: Law Enforcement and the Moral Economy in the Late Middle Ages.

The English Parliament and the Trial of the ‘Peers of the Land’ in Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): The Origins of a Privilege (2022)
Book Chapter
Raven, M. (2022). The English Parliament and the Trial of the ‘Peers of the Land’ in Henry of Lancaster’s Revolt (1328–29): The Origins of a Privilege. In J. Bothwell, & J. Hamilton (Eds.), Fourteenth Century England XII. Woodbridge: Boydell Press

Wool smuggling from England's eastern seaboard, c. 1337–45: An illicit economy in the late middle ages (2022)
Journal Article
Raven, M. (2022). Wool smuggling from England's eastern seaboard, c. 1337–45: An illicit economy in the late middle ages. Economic History Review, 75(4), 1182-1213. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13141

The medieval English wool trade was a commercial activity of huge economic importance. The historiography of the medieval wool trade, however, has focused overwhelmingly on its legitimate side. This article uses the evidence of legal proceedings pros... Read More about Wool smuggling from England's eastern seaboard, c. 1337–45: An illicit economy in the late middle ages.