Of the Worshipful Warrior: Sanctuary and Punishment in the Middle Ages

Authors

Trisha Olson, Albany Law School

First Page

473

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Part One discusses the traditional account of sanctuary and suggests ways in which it is problematic. Part Two offers an alternative understanding of sanctuary that stresses its kinship with the entire panorama of procedural and moral forces that together composed early medieval law. In Part Three attention is given to the juridical and canonical arguments that led to sanctuary's eventual renunciation.

Recommended Citation

Trisha Olson, Of the Worshipful Warrior: Sanctuary and Punishment in the Middle Ages, 16 St. Thomas L. Rev. 473 (2004).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol16/iss3/6