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Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500 [electronic resource] / Karl Shoemaker.

By: Shoemaker, Karl.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Just ideas: Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 269 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Asylum, Right of -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 | Law, MedievalGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.45/632056 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Authority, intercession, and penance -- Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary -- Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation -- The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages -- Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government -- Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest -- Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms -- The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Authority, intercession, and penance -- Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary -- Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation -- The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages -- Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government -- Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest -- Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms -- The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.