Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000-1300

Zusatztext 'An excellent book.' - Dr John Hudson! University of St Andrews Informationen zum Autor JEAN DUNBABIN is a Fellow of! and tutor at! St Anne's College! University of Oxford. She is also Reader in Medieval History at the University. Klappentext This book explores the growing importance of prisons! both lay and ecclesiastical! in western Europe between 1000 and 1300. It attempts to explain what captors hoped to achieve by restricting the liberty of others! the means of confinement available to them! and why there was an increasingly close link between captivity and suspected criminal activity. It discusses conditions within prisons! the means of release open to some captives! and writing in or about prison. Zusammenfassung This book explores the growing importance of prisons, both lay and ecclesiastical, in western Europe between 1000 and 1300. It attempts to explain what captors hoped to achieve by restricting the liberty of others, the means of confinement available to them, and why there was an increasingly close link between captivity and suspected criminal activity. It discusses conditions within prisons, the means of release open to some captives, and writing in or about prison. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Abbreviations The Late Roman Legacy in Western Europe c. 1000 The Means of Detention in the High Middle Ages Castellans! Jailers and Guards The Keeping of Captives in Private Houses Coercive Captivity Custodial and Punitive Captivity Conditions of Captivity Release from Prison Ecclesiastical Imprisonment Imprisonment and the Medieval Imagination Conclusion Further Reading Index

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Introduction Abbreviations The Late Roman Legacy in Western Europe c. 1000 The Means of Detention in the High Middle Ages Castellans, Jailers and Guards The Keeping of Captives in Private Houses Coercive Captivity Custodial and Punitive Captivity Conditions of Captivity Release from Prison Ecclesiastical Imprisonment Imprisonment and the Medieval Imagination Conclusion Further Reading Index

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'An excellent book.' - Dr John Hudson, University of St Andrews

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• Authors: J Dunbabin, J. Dunbabin, Jean Dunbabin, Dunbabin Jean
• Assisted by: Kenneth A Loparo (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor), Rober Stacey (Editor), Robert Stacey (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2002
• EAN: 9780333647141
• ISBN: 978-0-333-64714-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Medieval Culture and Society; Medieval Culture and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; B, Cultural History, History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, world history, General & world history, Ancient History, World History, Global and Transnational History, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History, Ancient, Europe—History, History of Ancient Europe, Europe;liberty;Middle Ages