Two oaths of the community in 1258
This article looks at two ‘oaths of the community’ of 1258. First, it shows that the oath of the community at O xford has been widely misinterpreted by historians: it was an oath of mutual aid, not an oath binding the community to reform. Second, it looks at the order for all in the realm to take an...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 88(2015), 240, Seite 213-229 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2015
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historical research |
| Schlagworte: | Community Historical analysis Medieval period |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article looks at two ‘oaths of the community’ of 1258. First, it shows that the oath of the community at O xford has been widely misinterpreted by historians: it was an oath of mutual aid, not an oath binding the community to reform. Second, it looks at the order for all in the realm to take an oath in O ctober 1258, which has never been fully examined before. This order aimed to bind the entire realm to the reform movement – it was proclaimed in L atin, F rench and E nglish – yet no chroniclers mentioned it and no mechanism was provided for its enactment. |
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| ISSN: | 0950-3471 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1468-2281.12078 |