TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trembinski,Donna
TI  - Law and Punishment in the Middle Ages
T2  - The Medieval World
SN  - 9780778713609 
U1  - 340.5 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crabtree Publishing Company
KW  - Justice, Administration of
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Law, Medieval
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Medieval
N1  - Includes index and glossary
N2  - "Rules and laws strictly governed people₂s lives in the Middle Ages. Rules and laws strictly governed people₂s lives in the Middle Ages. Failure to observe any law could lead to imprisonment, torture, or even death. Medieval Laws and Punishment details the laws that kept order, who was responsible for enforcing the law and carrying out punishments, and what would happen to people who took the law into their own hands. Topics include ₅ laws for a family, children, and women ₅ going to court ₅ life in medieval prison ₅ Inquisitions, which were run by the church and dealt with the crime of heresy ₅ keepers of the law ₅ fees, fines, and taxes ₅ medieval punishments, including the stocks and pillory, being outlawed, and hangings"--Publisher's website
ER  -