Ye Olde Crime

Medieval Sanctuary Laws: Escape and Asylum in England


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Lindsay and Madison discuss the practice of sanctuary in England, as well as why killing people in a church is bad, that exile isn’t all that excellent, and how Henry VIII loved to kill all the fun, not just his wives.

Information pulled from the following sources:

  • 2019 History article by Becky Little
  • 2018 Durham Cathedral blog post
  • 2015 Atlas Obscura article by Eric Grundhauser
  • 2013 English Legal History blog post by Ben Darlow
  • Digital reprint of an article on “The Right of Sanctuary” from Old Church Lore by William Andrews, originally printed in 1891
  • Britannica
  • Wikipedia (1) (2)


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