Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500 [electronic resource] / Karl Shoemaker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Just ideasPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 269 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 345.45/632056 22
LOC classification:
  • KJ1010 .S54 2011eb
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Contents:
Authority, intercession, and penance -- Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary -- Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation -- The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages -- Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government -- Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest -- Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms -- The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Authority, intercession, and penance -- Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary -- Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation -- The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages -- Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government -- Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest -- Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms -- The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.

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