{"product_id":"the-kings-felons-margaret-mcglynn-9780192887689","title":"The King's Felons: Church, State and Criminal Confinement in Early Tudor England","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe King's Felons\u003c\/em\u003e examines the subtle but intentional development of criminal confinement as an alternative to capital punishment in early Tudor England. As the judicial establishment looked for ways to enhance law and order without provoking political opposition, they increasingly turned to two traditional mitigations of criminal punishment: benefit of clergy and sanctuary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften reviled as corrupt clerical rights which served to undermine secular authority and the rule of law, benefit of clergy and sanctuary in fact provided the justices with room to manoeuvre, allowing them to punish a larger number of felons less harshly while avoiding political scrutiny. \u003cem\u003eThe King's Felons\u003c\/em\u003e explores the evolution of this approach over a period of sixty years, allowing us to see not only the internal development of both law and process, but the ways in which the judicial system responded to external pressures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dissolution of the monasteries between 1536 and 1540, together with the steady erosion of the wealth and power of the bishops, meant that the institutional and financial foundations on which the justices built this system began to crumble as it was reaching fruition. Over the next two decades they scrambled, with limited success, to secure some small vestiges of the system they had built. The epilogue connects the state of the system in the aftermath of this collapse to our existing understanding of the system in the later part of the century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding the first detailed study of criminal justice in the early Tudor period, \u003cem\u003eThe King's Felons\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the role of the Church in the administration of criminal justice and reframes our understanding of many significant acts of the Reformation parliament. This book is a must-read for students and scholars of Tudor history, legal historians and those interested in the role of the church with regard to politics, law, and crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret McGlynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192887688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192887689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Margaret McGlynn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431465865471,"sku":"9780192887689","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38653ce7-038f-47b8-8a1c-1e0af849ff66.jpg?v=1735141422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kings-felons-margaret-mcglynn-9780192887689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}