Outlaws in medieval and early modern England: crime, government and society, c.1066-c.1600
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, England Ashgate ©2009
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The outlaw Hereward "The wake" : his companions and enemies / Paul Dalton -- Outlawry as an instrument of justice in the thirteenth century / Susan Stewart -- Justices and injustice? : England's local officials in the later Middle Ages / Richard Gorski -- Sacred outlaws : outlawry and the medieval church -- Candace Gregory-Abbott -- 'Sons of iniquity' : the problem of unlawfulness and criminality amongst professional soldiers in the Middle Ages / Neil Jamieson -- Political ideology in the early stories of Robin Hood -- A.J. Pollard -- Poachers and gamekeepers : four fifteenth-century West Country criminals / Hannes Kleineke -- Pirates and communities : scenes from Elizabethan England and Wales / John C. Appleby
With some notable exceptions the subject of outlawry in medieval and early modern English history has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. This volume helps to address this significant gap in scholarship, and encourage further study of the subject, by presenting a series of innovative essays, based on original research and covering an extensive period of time. It focuses attention on the importance and diversity of people who crossed the boundary between legal and illegal activities and enterprise, but who have so far received uneven coverage from scholars. The essays have been spe
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ISBN:9780754695929
0754695921

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