Medievalists.net » Dungeons http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Tue, 08 Dec 2015 06:35:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Prisons and Punishments in Late Medieval London http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/prisons-punishments-late-medieval-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/27/prisons-punishments-late-medieval-london/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:17:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51378 This thesis begins with an analysis of the purpose of imprisonment, which was not merely custodial and was undoubtedly punitive in the medieval period. Having established that incarceration was employed for a variety of purposes the physicality of prison buildings and the conditions in which prisoners were kept are considered.

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