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The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1409-1442, November 2026.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus' Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 576-600, November 2026.
This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Survival of the wittiest (not friendliest): The art and science behind human linguistic and cognitive evolution. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Progovac L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Relics, writing, and devotion in early medieval Chelles

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 623-661, November 2026.
The discovery in 1983 of a collection of relics with their medieval identificatory tags in the parish church of Chelles opened new avenues for research on devotional and writing practices in this Frankish royal foundation. This is the first systematic study of the corpus of relic labels that accompanied these sacred objects, particularly of the subset ...
Ana de Oliveira Dias
wiley   +1 more source

Base structures across lexical and notational numeral modalities. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Chrisomalis S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 601-622, November 2026.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
wiley   +1 more source

Nine Centuries, Seven Words: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Evidence for the Erosion of Gallo-Lucanian Plant Heritage in Inland Southern Italy. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
De Canio S, Nepote E, Ali S, Shahzad T, Sõukand R, Sulaiman N, Pieroni A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 807-817, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protestants' ire—historical records reveal a number of overlaps between those domains.
Matteo Pangallo
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. [PDF]

Nature
Gretzinger J, Biermann F, Mager H, King B, Zlámalová D, Traverso L, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Peltola S, Salmela E, Neumann GU, Radzeviciute R, Ingrová P, Liwoch R, Wronka I, Jurić R, Hyrchała A, Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska B, Bartecki B, Borowska B, Dzieńkowski T, Wołoszyn M, Wojenka M, Wilczyński J, Kot M, Müller E, Orschiedt J, Zariņa G, Onkamo P, Daim F, Muhl A, Schwarz R, Majer M, McCormick M, Květina J, Vida T, Geary PJ, Macháček J, Šlaus M, Meller H, Pohl W, Hofmanová Z, Krause J.   +41 more
europepmc   +1 more source