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The King's Felons examines the subtle development of criminal confinement as an alternative to capital punishment in early Tudor England. Providing the first detailed study of criminal justice in the early Tudor period, McGlynn highlights the Church's role and reframes our understanding of significant acts of the Reformation parliament.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Part One: The Foundations
- 1: Benefit of Clergy: Common Learning
- 2: Sanctuary: Common Learning
- 3: Processes and Records at the End of the Fifteenth Century
- Part Two: Building a Bureaucracy
- 4: Benefit of Clergy in the Reign of Henry VII
- 5: Sanctuary in the Reign of Henry VII
- 6: Benefit of Clergy 1509-1529
- 7: Sanctuary 1509-1529
- Part Three: The Limits of a Quiet Evolution
- 8: Sanctuary and Benefit of Clergy 1529-39
- 9: Sanctuary and Benefit of Clergy after 1540
- Epilogue
About the author
Margaret McGlynn is Professor of History and the Vice-Provost of Academic Planning, Policy and Faculty at Western University. Her research and administrative work both focus on the ways in which policy and regulation intersect with cultural norms during periods of rapid change, as well as the ways in which the adaptation of old policies can support or modify the introduction of new ones.
Summary
The King's Felons examines the subtle development of criminal confinement as an alternative to capital punishment in early Tudor England. Providing the first detailed study of criminal justice in the early Tudor period, McGlynn highlights the Church's role and reframes our understanding of significant acts of the Reformation parliament.
Additional text
The story McGlynn tells offers a significant revision to our understanding of criminal justice during a transformative era of Tudor state-making.
