Introduction
Part I: Individual Pardons
Procedures
Supplicant
Intercessor
Monarch
Part II: General Pardons
Procedures
The Evolution of Group Pardons
Pardoning and Celebration: Edward III's Jubilee
Pardoning and Revolt: The Peasants' Rising of 1381
Pardoning and Revenge: Richard II's 'Tyranny'
Conclusion: Attitudes to Pardoning
Appendices
Bibliography
Royal pardons played important, enigmatic roles in English law,
politics, and culture in the fourteenth century, roles well
portrayed in Lacey's fine book.
*LAW & HISTORY REVIEW*
A work that will be of interest and use to scholars working on late
medieval political culture and on the history of English law.
*JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES*
Marked by beautifully clear writing and a comprehensive
historiographical overview of the subject [it] offers a real
insight into the cultural history of fourteenth-century
politics.
*HISTORY*
A major addition to the literature that treats royal pardons as its
central focus. [...] A book that all scholars working on law,
violence and military affairs in late medieval England will find it
necessary to read and to integrate into their own research.
*DE RE MILITARI*
Helen Lacey's excellent book appears at a time when the exercise of
executive and judicial clemency has become a topical talking point.
[...] Dr Lacey has achieved an adept rebalancing of the concept of
pardoning in late medieval England and rehabilitated its function
within a more holistic view of the legal system.
*REVIEWS IN HISTORY*
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