About the lecture

In this module, we look at the types of crime in this period and explore the common responses to it. This was a period of high crime where crimes were split into two groups: (i) offences against royal authority; and (ii) trespass. Both types increasingly came under the control of the crown in this period.

About the lecturer

Dr Hannah Skoda is a fellow and tutor of Medieval History at St John’s College, Oxford. Her past research has focused on popular violence in later medieval northern France: exploring the interconnections between different forms of violence, the legal and cultural constructions of 'deviance', and the role of emotions in provoking outbursts of brutality. Her recent research, funded by a Leverhulme prize, looks at nostalgia in the later Middle Ages.