The enforcement of the penal statutes in the 1490s
Some New Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4557368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P R Cavill, Paul Cavill (0000-0002-5159-4158, Bangor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 217 |
| Pages | 482-492 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00459.x |
| OpenAlex | W1988747470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Henry VII's reputation for avarice partly rests on the enforcement of penal statutes. From about 1505, according to contemporaries, the increasingly grasping king exploited statutory penalties to raise revenue. However, the regime's behaviour should be contextualized by examining the whole reign. Two sources connected with the 1495 parliament shed light on the subject: in one, the king reported his intention to implement existing legislation; in the other, he pardoned offences committed before the opening of the parliament. Royal commitment at this stage challenges the ready association between the enforcement of the penal statutes and the king's alleged rapacity later on in the reign
Criminology · Enforcement · Political science · Sociology · Statute · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval Literature and History · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |