page_title: Mercy
hierarchical_section_title: Mercy
caption_attribution_description: Two female personifications (probably Mercy and Truth), from an historiated letter in the "Peterbourough Psalter, Fitzwilliam Museum MS 12, fol. 12v
context_page_description: Mercy is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts.
  In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power, or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.
context_section_description: Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts.
  In the social and legal context, mercy may refer both to compassionate behavior on the part of those in power (e.g. mercy shown by a judge toward a convict), or on the part of a humanitarian third party, e.g., a mission of mercy aiming to treat war victims.
caption: Mercy and Truth are shown together in a 13th-century representation of Psalm 85:10
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