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Getting Away With Murder: Criminal Clerics in Late Medieval England

Author(s): Peter Johnstone

During the fourth century Roman emperor Constantine created laws exempting clergymen who committed a felony from having to answer for their actions before a secular court. This set about 1500 years of use and abuse of what became known as Benefit of Clergy. The unusual legal excuse traveled to Engla...