April 23, 2020

S01E75: Like Mrs. Doubtfire, but with Sheep

30 minutes

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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