Crime and Plague: England c.1340-c.1360

纵观历史，流行病与犯罪活动增加之间一直存在联系。尽管如此，黑死病--可能是20世纪以前最大的灾难--在犯罪方面一直没有得到充分的研究。我想知道在1348年至1350年的黑死病和1361年的第二次瘟疫期间，犯罪率是否有所增加。我选择了公元1340年至公元1360年，因为它提供了一幅关于大流行之前、之后和期间的犯罪图景。但它确保了我的研究不会过于分散，并使我能够考虑许多不同的法院。关于中世纪晚期犯罪的史学研究存在空白。我有丰富的主要资料来源：首先是听取所有在监狱等待审判的人的案件的监狱送货人名单，其次是作为最高刑事法院法官的国王法官的请求，最后是处理轻微罪行的地方庄园法院的记录。芭芭拉·哈纳瓦特在14世纪初完成了一项类似的研究，但由于她的工作仅限于监狱传送册，她受到了批评。这个话题是我的MPhil研究的一个进展，该研究着眼于BlackDeath期间的法律和秩序。因此，我对时代、方法论、史学和相关资料都有很好的掌握。我希望在克里斯托弗·布里格斯博士的监督下继续工作，并欢迎与英国法律史中心合作，因为我的工作属于该中心的职权范围

Throughout history, there has been a link between epidemic disease and increased criminal activity. Despite this, theBlack Death, potentially the greatest disaster prior to the twentieth century has been understudied in terms of crime. Iwould like to discover if there was an increase in crime during the Black Death in 1348-50, and in the second pestilenceof 1361. I have chosen the period c.1340-c.1360 as it offers a picture of crime before, after and during the epidemics.However, it ensures that my research is not spread too thinly and that I am able to consider a number of different courts.There is a gap in the historiography on late medieval crime. I have a wealth of primary sources: firstly, the gaol deliveryrolls who heard all cases of people in prison awaiting trial, secondly the pleas from the King's Bench, which was thepremier criminal court, and finally, the local, manorial court records who dealt with minor crimes. Barbara Hanawalt hascompleted a similar study for the early fourteenth century but has received criticism as her work was limited to the gaoldelivery rolls. This topic is a progression from my MPhil research, which is looking at law and order during the BlackDeath. Therefore, I have a sound grasp of period, methodology, historiography and the relevant sources. I would like tocontinue under the supervision of Dr Christopher Briggs and would welcome collaboration with the Centre for EnglishLegal History as my work falls within its remit