Before Anna Delvey, before the Fyre Festival, before the most legendary scams of our time, there were sheep. This week, Caitlin dives deep into a medieval mystery and comes out the other side with some interesting tales of lords and their lambs. Mary had a little lamb, but legendary scammer Robert Carpenter had lots of lambs. Join Sue and Caitlin as they read his translations from Latin and learn how to con your boss.
Research:
C A. F. MEEKINGS, More about Robert Carpenter of Hareslade, The English Historical Review, Volume LXXII, Issue CCLXXXIII, April 1957, Pages 260–269,
https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXII.CCLXXXIII.260
Coss, Peter. (2016). Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 1200–1250 trans. and ed. by Martha Carlin and David Crouch. The Catholic Historical Review. 102. 153-154. 10.1353/cat.2016.0044.
How to defraud your lord on the medieval manor
Commercial Activity, Markets and Entrepreneurs in the Middle Ages
Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 1200-1250 (The Middle Ages Series)
England in the Thirteenth Century By Alan Harding
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