Abstract
AbstractThe relations between townspeople and their lords in monastic boroughs have attracted a good deal of attention from modern historians. Initially there emerged a picture of bitter antagonism between burgesses and their lords caused by the divergence of interests which in turn led to spectacular outbreaks of violence in Bury St. Edmunds, St. Albans, Abingdon, Reading and a number of other places. New studies dealing with Durham and Westminster have qualified this impression by their portrayal of more harmonious relationships between the rulers and the ruled. But even if the atmosphere of confrontation did not prevail in all monastic boroughs, discontent was widespread and not restricted to the more prominent centres. These conflicts took different forms, ranging from civil disobedience with attempts to ignore the lords' rights, to spontaneous outbreaks of violence and litigation.
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