| Contents |
Introduction : Richard Southwell flees to sanctuary -- Tavern brawls, civil wars, and remedies for tyranny : the evolution of sanctuary in England, c. 1380-1500 -- Dean Caudray and the City of London : the politics of sanctuary in the fifteenth century -- The Hospitaller's cloak : mercy, justice, jurisdiction -- Francis Woodleke's window : stranger shoemakers, boundaries, and sanctuary in London in the 1530s -- The sanctuary town of Knowle : crime, local authorities, and the state in 1530s England -- Cheshire feuds : aristocratic violence and uses of sanctuary in the reign of Henry VIII -- Conclusion : sanctuary, laws and politics. |
| Abstract |
"Seeking Sanctuary' explores a curious aspect of premodern English law: the right of felons to shelter in a church or ecclesiastical precinct, remaining safe from arrest and trial in the king's courts ... Although for decades after 1400 sanctuary-seeking was indeed fairly rare, the evidence in the legal records shows the numbers of felons seeing refuge in churches began to climb again in the late fifteenth century and reached its peak in the period between 1525 and 1535."-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017932296 |
| ISBN | 9780198798149 (hardback : alk. paper) |
