Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500 [electronic resource] /
Karl Shoemaker.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.
- xiv, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
- Just ideas : transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought .
- Just ideas. .
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.
Asylum, Right of--History--Europe--To 1500. Law, Medieval.