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The King's Felons: Church, State and Criminal Confinement in Early Tudor England
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.
| Author(s) | By Margaret McGlynn (Professor of History, Professor of History, Western University). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 400 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Availability | Available |
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.
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
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 p
