Note 363 — Chapter I · PENAL METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Reading edition
Penitential of Ecgberht, Archbishop of York (eighth century), Thorpe, p. 377.
“The common penance for murder” (ninth century) was seven to ten years.
Reading edition
Penitential of Ecgberht, Archbishop of York (eighth century), Thorpe, p. 377.
“The common penance for murder” (ninth century) was seven to ten years.