1st Edition

The Tudor Law of Treason (Routledge Revivals) An Introduction

By John Bellamy Copyright 1979
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

This title, first published in 1979, was ground-breaking in its exploration of the understudied area of the Tudor law of treason. Bellamy first examines the scope of that law, noting the inheritance from the Middle Ages, the effectiveness of the new statutes and interpretation of the law by the judiciary. Mining the archives for official, legal and literary accounts, the following parts consider... Read more

Introduction; 1. The Scope of Treason: 1 2. The Scope of Treason: 2 3. Apprehension, Examination, and Indictment 4. Trial 5. To the Gallows and after; Appendix: Martial Law; Notes; Index

Biography

John Bellamy