Tort Crime And Police in Mediaeval Britain a Review of Some Early Law And Cus
Tort Crime And Police in Mediaeval Britain a Review of Some Early Law And Cus
J W John Wynne Jeudwine
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71, a provision made by Henry I. In 1135 that for killing or assault in time of Church truce and Church peace battle was to take place in the king's court, and nine livres of chattels of the vanquished was to be paid to the Church, "or he purges himself by the judgment of holy Church and makes amends of the bishops and me " ; and ch. 72, the constitutions of Richard I. , priests and clerks are not to be hung, clerks in prison are to be handed to the bishop, and those flying to the church or to ...the vestibule of the church are to abjure the realm within eight days or a time allowed. Sanctuary. — This matter of sanctuary in the Church played a very important part in medi£eval law. You may trace it in any country from the Mosaic laws onwards. It is at its best the protection of the weak and suffering, the man who has sinned or offended, against the angry pursuer. Throughout all the early customary laws it was a privilege well defined of the chief and of the Church, the extent of the protection widen- ing as the person who afforded it had the greater power.
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