medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 2015-10-09 8:42 AM, Jolanta Komornicka wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>If I recall rightly, there were provisions of this sort during the early
>crusades, but I don't know how long they remained in place. Dying from
>injuries within a year and a day would not have resulted in a murder
>charge, either in England or France in the later Middle Ages (and probably
>the early modern period), if the court records are anything to go by.
>Usually if the victim survived for over a week, it was not murder. But I
>understood the question to simply be about someone who was MIA, not someone
>who was a fugitive from the law (hence the reference to the crusades).
>Unfortunately, I'm not at my office and so don't have my books in front of me.
It was, but since this period has appeared in two different contexts, I was
wondering if it had wider significance.
Gordon
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