The Royal Pardon: Access to Mercy in Fourteenth-Century England

Pioneering investigation of the royal pardon, at a time of major change in the system of English justice, showing the important part it continued to play.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Individual Pardons
Procedures
Supplicant
Intercessor
Monarch
Part II: General Pardons
Procedures
The Evolution of Group Pardons
Pardoning and Celebration: Edward III's Jubilee
Pardoning and Revolt: The Peasants' Rising of 1381
Pardoning and Revenge: Richard II's 'Tyranny'
Conclusion: Attitudes to Pardoning
Appendices
Bibliography

Summary

Pioneering investigation of the royal pardon, at a time of major change in the system of English justice, showing the important part it continued to play.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Lacey
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English, Middle (1100-1500)
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2009
• EAN: 9781903153284
• ISBN: 978-1-903153-28-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Series: York Medieval Press; York Medieval Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Criminal Law / General, HISTORY / Medieval, History - General History