This is fantastic, such a unique subject. Loved it.
@daniellekennedy81182 жыл бұрын
As a career prosecutor, I have a few questions: What is the per capita rate of homicides you studied compared to modern homicide levels in London? Did these reports distinguish between murder, depraved heart murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, etc.? Were domestic homicides reflected at all, or were these overwhelmingly stranger on stranger? Did the "year and a day" rule apply that far back? This rule of common law held that if an assault victim survived for a year and a day after assault, and then died, no murder conviction could be had -- even if the wound was the true cause of death. I would love to work on a "compare and contrast" sampling of coroner's reports from the medieval times versus the present. You do such wonderful work, I am working my way backward through all the podcasts. And a note to Peter: when I was teaching public speaking to college freshmen, we did have an "uh" jar. This required speakers to contribute each time they used verbal tics like uh um like and you know. Other students were more than happy to keep everyone honest, lol, and by the end of the semester we would have enough money to have a pizza party after the final exam. Just a thought! DK
@HebaruSan4 жыл бұрын
And suddenly all the crazy downvotes are gone again. It's almost as if certain folks have set up keyword search alerts based on specific authors' names rather than actually engaging with the content. Thanks for keeping on regardless!
@Medievalists4 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@jkern642 жыл бұрын
Very fascinating. Thank you.
@willgibbons17332 жыл бұрын
Subscribed!!!
@mr.sunshine14444 жыл бұрын
Good stuff!!
@urchincreature4 жыл бұрын
These coroners' roles may come from the time of The Great Famine of Europe, and that could help account for the reason that many of these murders were perpetrated. Food was so incredibly scarce during that time that it is not difficult to imagine a person being killed by trusted and long acquaintances for their good clothing. Such stolen clothing might plausibly have disappeared because it had been immediately been sold for food. After the famine, whose effects lasted to 1322, Europe became far more violent and unstable than it had previously been. People had seen such terrible violence during the famine, and it may have therefore become more normalised.
@Medievalists4 жыл бұрын
There is one entry during the Great Famine where an attempt to give out free bread caused a stampede, where one person was killed.
@pavlocash4 жыл бұрын
Peter keeps saying like
@Medievalists4 жыл бұрын
It's becasue I am a terrible public speaker! ~PK
@tigerfight852 жыл бұрын
Did he say TH-ames River?
@Dudu-ox2rd Жыл бұрын
Very interesting but the constant use of the word "like" is sooo annoying!
@ATHill-uj7ip Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who finds the Medievalist's nervous laugh extremely annoying?