Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000-1300
by
J. Dunbabin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Medieval Culture and Society
ISBN-10
0333647157
ISBN-13
9780333647158
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 23rd, 2002
Print length
207 Pages
Weight
284 grams
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This book explores the growing importance of prisons, both lay and ecclesiastical, in western Europe between 1000 and 1300. It discusses conditions within prisons, the means of release open to some captives, and writing in or about prison.
This book explores the growing importance of prisons, both lay and ecclesiastical, in western Europe between 1000 and 1300. It attempts to explain what captors hoped to achieve by restricting the liberty of others, the means of confinement available to them, and why there was an increasingly close link between captivity and suspected criminal activity. It discusses conditions within prisons, the means of release open to some captives, and writing in or about prison.
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