How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part II

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Not everyone who received the death penalty in medieval England was actually killed. Picking up where she left off in our last episode, Samantha explores two more methods of avoiding execution: gaining sanctuary and buying pardons.
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Host: Samantha

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Further Reading

Shannon McSheffrey, Seeking Sanctuary: Crime, Mercy, and Politics in English Courts, 1400-1550, Oxford University Press, (2017).

Helen Lacey, The Royal Pardon: Access to Mercy in Fourteenth Century England, Boydell & Brewer, (2009).
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How to Avoid the Death Penalty in Medieval England, Part I

​​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)