Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500 - Shoemaker, Karl.; ebrary, Inc. (New York : Fordham University Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Asylum, Right of -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Law, Medieval; Electronic books