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Seeking sanctuary : crime, mercy, and politics in English courts, 1400-1550 /

"Seeking Sanctuary' explores a curious aspect of premodern English law: the right of felons to shelter in a church or ecclesiastical precinct, remaining safe from arrest and trial in the king's courts ... Although for decades after 1400 sanctuary-seeking was indeed fairly rare, the ev...

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Main Authors: McSheffrey, Shannon
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Asylum, Right of > England > History > To 1500.
Asylum, Right of > England > History > 16th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > England > History > To 1500.
Criminal justice, Administration of > England > History > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=026d9e7577aa4d1db321cadc384f13fc
Summary: "Seeking Sanctuary' explores a curious aspect of premodern English law: the right of felons to shelter in a church or ecclesiastical precinct, remaining safe from arrest and trial in the king's courts ... Although for decades after 1400 sanctuary-seeking was indeed fairly rare, the evidence in the legal records shows the numbers of felons seeing refuge in churches began to climb again in the late fifteenth century and reached its peak in the period between 1525 and 1535."-- Back cover.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
ISBN: 9780192519115
9780198798149
Index Number: KD8225
CLC: D956.19
Contents: Introduction : Richard Southwell flees to sanctuary -- Tavern brawls, civil wars, and remedies for tyranny : the evolution of sanctuary in England, c. 1380-1500 -- Dean Caudray and the City of London : the politics of sanctuary in the fifteenth century -- The Hospitaller's cloak : mercy, justice, jurisdiction -- Francis Woodleke's window : stranger shoemakers, boundaries, and sanctuary in London in the 1530s -- The sanctuary town of Knowle : crime, local authorities, and the state in 1530s England -- Cheshire feuds : aristocratic violence and uses of sanctuary in the reign of Henry VIII -- Conclusion : sanctuary, laws and politics.

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