Mark Ormrod….a sad loss….

  In Mark Ormrod we have lost a great historian of the medieval period. His work was impeccable, and he will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace, Mark. To read more, go to this Guardian obituary

TREASON 1 – The Merciless Parliament 1388

 Introduction Treason is a terrible crime. It denotes a betrayal so wicked as to be unforgivable. In medieval England a traitor was executed with the maximum of corporeal pain and all his goods and chattels were forfeited to the crown, thus disinheriting his heirs and successors forever. Henry de Bracton a thirteenth century English jurist,…