Pain, penance, and protest : peine forte et dure in medieval England /
Butler, Sara M.(Sara Margaret),author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Peine forte et dure : the Medieval practice -- Standing mute in the courts of Medieval England -- Due process and consent to jury trial -- Peine as barbarity? Putting the practice in context -- Why stand mute? -- Standing mute as Imitatio Christi -- Rejecting the jury, rejecting the common law, rejecting the king -- Conclusion.
Peine forte et dure
Pleas (Criminal procedure)
Pain, penance, and protest