The Medieval Blood Sanction and the Divine Beneficence of Pain: 1100-1450
Here the worldling now all bound in fetters liesstarts to fear his God, his tears flow from his eyesJustice comes along, with gallows, wheel and sword:God tells the pious man to enter Heaven's door.Across medieval Western Europe, those who committed serious wrongs, such as homicide, arson, trea...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2006
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-129 |
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