Name: Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England (Studies in Legal History)
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Author: Butler, Sara M.
ISBN: 9781316512388

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Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England (Studies in Legal History)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Sara M. Butler

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

459

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm

Weight

0.88 kg.

ISBN13

9781316512388

Synopsis "Pain, Penance, and Protest: Peine Forte et Dure in Medieval England (Studies in Legal History) "

In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to pressing with weights as a coercive measure. Using peine forte et dure ('strong and hard punishment') as a lens through which to analyse the law and its relationship with Christianity, Butler asks: where do we draw the line between punishment and penance? And, how can pain function as a vehicle for redemption within the common law? Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book embraces both law and literature. When Christ is on trial before Herod, he refused to plead, his silence signalling denial of the court's authority. England's discontented subjects, from hungry peasant to even King Charles I himself, stood mute before the courts in protest. Bringing together penance, pain and protest, Butler breaks down the mythology surrounding peine forte et dure and examines how it functioned within the medieval criminal justice system.

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