Seeking sanctuary crime, mercy, and politics in English courts, 1400-1550 /
In premodern English law, felons had the right to seek sanctuary in a church or ecclesiastical precinct. It is commonly held that this practice virtually died out after the medieval period, but Shannon McSheffrey highlights its resurgence under the Tudor regime and shows how the issue lay at the int...
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| Main Author: |
McSheffrey, Shannon, |
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Oxford Scholarship Online. |
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eBook
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| Language: |
English
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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| Edition: |
First edition. |
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