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Criminal churchmen in the age of Edward III : the case of Bishop Thomas de Lisle / John Aberth.
LIBRA KD610 .A24 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aberth, John, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--England--History.
- Law.
- Church and state.
- History.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Clergy--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Crime.
- England.
- De Lisle, Thomas.
- Crime--England--East Anglia--History.
- Clergy--Legal status, laws, etc--England--History.
- Clergy.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--England--History.
- Church and state--England--History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1327-1377.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- England--Social conditions--1066-1485.
- Social conditions.
- England--East Anglia.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Thomas de Lisle, Bishop of Ely from 1345 to 1361, was not a typical English churchman. As John Aberth shows, De Lisle was leader of a local gang of thugs and bullies who terrorized both the poor and the rich of East Anglia and assisted the bishop in this extensive, unholy activities, including arson, kidnapping, extortion, theft, and murder.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271015438
- OCLC:
- 33865050
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