Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Saturday 30 September 2023

Regulating traffic in medieval cities


With all we hear and read about ULEZ, twenty mile an hour zones, not to mention seemingly continuous road works it was interesting to see an article on the Medievalists.net website about traffic problems in medieval English towns and cities, and to reflect on the similarities between past and present experience. It is also worth noting that serious efforts were made to regulate traffic and nuisance in urban situations and that there was  a conscious effort to achieve a social balance.

The article can be read at Traffic Problems in the Medieval City


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