Observed arrival · 2026-08-31
The Alewife, Unfiltered
A medieval-history publication about ordinary lives, village disputes, strange images, and the rules people broke.
Field notes
The featured article treats the manor court as a practical village meeting rather than a grand courtroom, with villagers serving as jurors or witnesses and a lord's steward presiding. Its examples range from neglected hedges and wandering livestock to unauthorized firewood and violations of the Assize of Ale. The site also points readers toward manuscript imagery, including a British Library image dated approximately 1300–1325, and offers email and RSS links.
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