Seeking Sanctuary

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Seeking Sanctuary is written by Shannon McSheffrey and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191839361 (ISBN 10) and 9780191839368 (ISBN 13).

In premodern English law, felons had the right to seek sanctuary in a church or ecclesiastical precinct. It is commonly held that this practice virtually died out after the medieval period, but Shannon McSheffrey highlights its resurgence under the Tudor regime and shows how the issue lay at the intersection between law, religion, and culture.