Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England - The Middle Ages Series - Elizabeth Allen - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9780812253443 - October 22, 2021
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Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England - The Middle Ages Series


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Medieval felons could take sanctuary from prosecution in any church, but far from static refuge, sanctuary staged dynamic action, even violence. While sanctuary has usually been analyzed as part of legal history, in Uncertain Refuge Elizabeth Allen explores the symbolic consequences of sanctuary seeking in English literary works.


376 pages, 10 halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 22, 2021
ISBN13 9780812253443
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 376
Dimensions 158 × 236 × 27 mm   ·   566 g

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