Jehan Boinebroke
Jehan Boinebroke († 1286 in Douai ) was a French merchant from Douai.
Boinebroke was a lay judge in his town nine times and amassed a considerable fortune over the course of his life. He had wool imported from England to Douai and spun into yarn by peasant women. He also owned a dye works. His business practices included letting workers live in his houses at overpriced rents, paying them with overpriced groceries, and lowering workshop prices. As early as 1245, there was a revolt of the craftsmen and workers in Douai. In 1280 unrest spread again, spreading from Ypres to Tournai and Douai. In Douai, Boinebroke struck them down.
In his will, Boinebroke stipulated that executors should first pay his debts and redress any injustices he had caused before his property passed to his four children. When he died in Douai in 1286, numerous people appeared to bring their complaints. The complaints grew on a 5.5 m long parchment.
literature
- Georges Espinas: Les origenes du capitalisme I: Sire Jehan Boinebroke patricien et drapier douaisien. Bibliothèque de la Société d'histoire du droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons 7. Lille 1933.
Remarks
- ↑ John H. Munro, 'Medieval Woollens: Textiles, Textile Technology and Industrial Organization, c . 800-1500 ', in The Cambridge History of Western Textiles, Volume 1 , ed. By DT Jenkins (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 181-227 (219).
- ↑ Edith Ennen: The European city of the Middle Ages. OO 1987, p. 178
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boinebroke, Jehan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1286 |
| Place of death | Douai |