tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post3068385303262757626..comments2023-02-26T08:28:12.709-05:00Comments on Modern Medieval: On Medieval Shrimp FactoriesRick Goddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109263756022001400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3302491936414793074.post-66305653190220821052010-06-06T07:17:19.351-04:002010-06-06T07:17:19.351-04:00The irony here is that within medieval manors, the...The irony here is that within medieval manors, there were actually cases (such as at Yorkshire in 1304, to name but one example of many) in which peasants took their lords to court - and won - merely because the lord raised the amount of labor required on specific days. The late-medieval system was based on rigidly defined arrangements which even the nobility could not legally change. It was not an anarchic system of unregulated power, but quite the reverse in most respects. Yes, the nobles could often get away with a lot - as is true of the ruling elites in any society, including our own - but there were laws which attempted to tightly regulate even basic things such as work requirements. <br />So if the shrimp factory in question had been medieval, the owner would not be able to even require longer hours in a shift, much less engage in the type of abuse described in the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com