Diskussion:Alte Maße und Gewichte (England)

Volumenmaße

Volumen- und Hohlmaße fehlen. J.R,84.190.220.46 18:28, 29. Dez. 2011 (CET)

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Contrary to popular belief, the Norman conquest of England had little effect on British weights and measures, other than to introduce one new unit: the bushel. William the Conqueror, in one of his first legislative acts, confirmed existing Anglo-Saxon measurement, a position which was consistent with Norman policy in dealing with occupied peoples. Another popular myth is that the Magna Carta of 1215 (specifically clause 35) had a significant effect on English weights and measures, for this document only mentions two measurement units (the ell and the London Quarter) but does not define them.

Prior to the enactment of a law known as the "Composition of Yards and Perches" (Latin: Compositio ulnarum et perticarum)[4] some time between 1266 and 1303, the English system of measurement had been based on that of the Anglo-Saxons, who were descended from tribes of northern Germany. The Compositio redefined the yard, foot, inch, and barleycorn to 10⁄11 of their previous value. However, it retained the Anglo-Saxon rod of 15 x 11⁄10 feet (5.03 metres) and the acre of 4 × 40 rods. Thus, the rod went from 5 old yards to 5+1⁄2 new yards, or 15 old feet to 16+1⁄2 new feet. The furlong went from 600 old feet (200 old yards) to 660 new feet (220 new yards). The acre went from 36,000 old square feet to 43,560 new square feet.

--Espoo (Diskussion) 11:33, 11. Aug. 2021 (CEST)

Falls jemand vorhat den Artikel halbwegs auf die Beine zu stellen, wäre zunächst hilfreich eine Übereinstimmung mit dem Kapitel „Geschichte“ des Artikels „Angloamerikanische Maßsysteme“ herzustellen. Eine wichtige Quelle für historische englische Maßeinheiten wäre der „Second Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to consider of subject of Weights and Measures“ aus dem Jahr 1820. In diesem Report wurde als Vorarbeit für die 1824 durchgeführte Maßreform – die zum Entstehen der „imperial units“ führte - eine Zusammenstellung der damals in England (und auch Schottland, Irland, Wales) benutzen Maßeinheiten angefertigt. Weitere Quellen wären „British weights and measures as described in the laws of England from Anglo-Saxon times“ aus 1910 oder A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages To the Twentieth Century von 1985 --Corvax (Diskussion) 21:03, 4. Dez. 2021 (CET)