HIST 1191 Study Guide - Final Guide: Assize Of Clarendon, Constitutions Of Clarendon, De Donis Conditionalibus
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Canon lyres of the church as early as 12th/13th century spoke of natural rights: major right: preservation of personhood. Anglo-saxon england 6th century to 1066, ended by invasion of england by. Sanctuary: divine obligation to give succor to a person for a limited period of time: not to avoid punishment, to give said person time to repent before death penalty. Dooms of king alfred (c. 800) mostly focuses on punishment/reparations for violence: indicates violent society. Before explicit law codes, vengeance was the answer: post-christianity, law encouraged over vengeance. Violence disrupts social fabric (interdependence: part of social fabric: every male in a tithing: institution responsible for behavior of its members and the members of members" family. If a member commits an offense and doesn"t have the capital to make reparations, the tithing will. Too many offenses - exile from village (virtual death sentence) Distinction between crimes and felonies - felonies (above) threaten society.
