Bienvenue sur le blog officiel du project de recherche "Gascon Rolls" financé par le group Leverhulme. Ce site est mis à jour par l'équipe du project avec les commentaires et les pespectives d'avenir sur nôtre recherche.
Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer que les 'calendars' (résumés détaillés) de tous les rôles gascons de 1317 à 1467 sont maintenant terminés et seront mis en ligne vers fin novembre ou début décembre.
Nous remercions toutes les personnes qui ont travaillé pour ce programme depuis son lancement en 2007. Nous adressons des remerciements tout particuliers pour les institutions et les personnes qui ont soutenu financièrement ce programme.
We are pleased to announce that more calendars are coming soon to fill the gaps in the rolls for the reign of Edward III.
In early June we will be putting on the site calendars for 1330-1334, 1336-42, 1351-58.
We are working hard on the remaining rolls for 1342-4, 1348-51, 1358-60. Watch this space
Many thanks to the University of Southampton for its financial support.
Anne Curry and Guilhem Pepin
Mysterious Entries on Roll C 61/32: A Reconsideration (C 61/32 (11 Edward II), entries 101 & 102 (29 January 1318); and entries 103 & 104 (4 February 1318))
These four entries are inserted together in a blank space on m.12 of C 61/32 (11 Edward II). They are written in a darker ink and in a hand which differs from the preceding and following entries on the roll; all four have been crossed through, with possible signs of ...
By Simon Harris
It has long been recognised that the trade relationship between England and Aquitaine during the period of the rule of the kings of England as dukes of Aquitaine was of great importance. The English demand for wine was satisfied from the annual vintage shipped from Bordeaux, and the shortage of grain and other crops in Aquitaine was made good by substantial quantities shipped from England, and many other goods including cloth, and wool found their way ...
A discussion between: Anne Curry (AC), Simon Harris (SH), Philip Morgan (PM), and Guilhem Pépin (GP), August 2015
PM: I think one of the things that has struck me about working with the Gascon Rolls is the challenge that it makes to certain of one’s general assumptions about the nature of administrative records. Both Simon and Guilhem who have spent their time with the detail of the contents. For me it’s the notion that these are essentially enrolments ...