Medieval Culture and Society

Dunbabin, J.

This book explores the growing importance of prisons, both lay and ecclesiastical, in western Europe between 1000 and 1300. It attempts to explain what captors hoped to achieve by restricting the liberty of others, the means of confinement available to them, and why there was an increasingly close link between captivity and suspected criminal activity. It discusses conditions within prisons, the means of release open to some captives, and writing in or about prison.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-10-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333647141

DOI: 10.1057/9781403940278

Dimensions: 216cm x138cm

Pages: 207