From England to France :Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages

Publication subTitle :Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages

Author: Jordan William Chester;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400866397

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691164953

Subject: D9 Law;D916 司法制度;K1 World History;K5 European History

Keyword: 法律,世界史,欧洲史

Language: ENG

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Description

At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile—or abjuration—flourished in western Europe. It was a judicial form of exile, not political or religious, and it was meted out to felons for crimes deserving of severe corporal punishment or death. From England to France explores the lives of these men and women who were condemned to abjure the English realm, and draws on their unique experiences to shed light on a medieval legal tradition until now very poorly understood.

William Chester Jordan weaves a breathtaking historical tapestry, examining the judicial and administrative processes that led to the abjuration of more than seventy-five thousand English subjects, and recounting the astonishing journeys of the exiles themselves. Some were innocents caught up in tragic circumstances, but many were hardened criminals. Almost every English exile departed from the port of Dover, many bound for the same French village, a place called Wissant. Jordan vividly describes what happened when the felons got there, and tells the stories of the few who managed to return to England, either illegally or through pardons.

From England to France provides new insights into a fundamental pillar of medieval English law and shows how it collapsed amid the bloodshed of the Hundred Years' War.

Chapter

Chapter 2 The Abjurers, Their Crimes, and Their Property

Chapter 2 The Abjurers, Their Crimes, and Their Property

Chapter 3 The Journey Begins

Chapter 3 The Journey Begins

Chapter 4 Life among Strangers

Chapter 4 Life among Strangers

Chapter 5 Returning Home

Chapter 5 Returning Home

Chapter 6 Epilogue: Atrophy and Displacement

Chapter 6 Epilogue: Atrophy and Displacement

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

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