Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England
In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to peine forte et dure - pressing with weights. Using this punishment as a lens, this book blurs the lines between law, religion, and literature to understand how it functioned within the medieval criminal justice system.
Sara M. Butler
- Cambridge University Press
- 9781316512388
- 459 pages
- €122.55
- Hardback
- United Kingdom
- European history
