Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500
By: Karl Shoemaker
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Just ideas : transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823232680; 9780823232703
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Authority, intercession, and penance; title: Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary; title: Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation; title: The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages; title: Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government; title: Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest; title: Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms; title: The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.