medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I have moments when I would like to get mediaeval and hang the thieves
either for the theft of goods worth more than forty shillings ( £2.00 ) or
for sacrilege .......
hanging's no good, Brenda. ineffective. afterward, the felon is just Out of
Sight, Out of Mind.
True but they don't usually Come Back and Do It a Second Time.
cut the guy's arm(s) off and release him to his fellow miscreants --now,
*there's* an exemplum (to just keep it middlevil).
???? No, no, Middle Eastern!!
however, it is comforting to know that there are still 40 shillings in a
pound --i thought that Thatcher changed it to 100.
No The shilling was consigned to History and That Woman reduced the number
of pennies in the pound from 240 to 100 (new) pence.
Thanks for the sympathy.
BMC
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