num_pages: 262
description: This study of the patterns of homicide in London, Bristol and five English counties from 1202-1276 reveals that homicide was very frequent in medieval England and that violence was acceptable and often a necessary facet of life. Some topics investigated are the frequence of homicide; conflicts between family members, masters and servants, and neighbors, that resulted in murder; social and economic status of killer; the treatment of killers in court, etc. 262 pages with Statistical Tests Used; Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 1977, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
language: English
title: Society and Homicide in Thirteenth-Century England
titlecomplete: Society and Homicide in Thirteenth-Century England
genres: History
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Stanford Univ Pr