Girth: Society and the Law of Sanctuary in Scotland

Hector MacQueen

Girth: Society and the Law of Sanctuary in Scotland

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

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The paper discusses the medieval evidence for the law of sanctuary (girth) in medieval Scotland, and discusses why the sanctuary at Holyrood was the only one to survive the Scottish Reformation in 1560.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Studies in Ancient Law, Comparative Law and Legal History
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in Honour of Alan Watson
Editors	John W. Cairns, Olivia Robinson
Publisher	Hart Publishing
Pages	333-52
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	1841131571, 9781841131573
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Critical Studies in Ancient Law, Comparative Law and Legal History
Cairns, J. W. (ed.) & Robinson, O. F. (ed.), 2001, Hart Publishing. 424 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

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