Shoemaker, Karl.

Sanctuary and Crime in the Middle Ages, 400-1500 [Recurso electrónico] / Karl Shoemaker. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p. ) - Just ideas : transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought . - Just ideas. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) 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.

Libro Electrónico

9780823249121




Law, Medieval.
Asylum, Right of--History--Europe--To 1500.


Electronic books.

KJ1010 / .S54 2011

345.45/632056