Sanctuary law has not received very much scholarly attention. According to the prevailing explanation among earlier generations of legal historians, sanctuary was an impediment to effective criminal law and social control but was made necessary by rampant violence and weak political order in the medieval world. Contrary to the conclusions of the relatively scant literature on the topic, Sanctuary and Crime in the Middle Ages, 400-1500 argues that the practice of sanctuary was not simply an instrumental device intended as a response to weak and splintered medieval political authority. Nor can sanctuary laws be explained as simple ameliorative responses to harsh medieval punishments and the specter of uncontrolled blood-feuds. --

In the eyes of Britain's heritage industry, London is the traditional home of empire, monarchy and power, an urban wonderland for the privileged, where the vast majority of Londoners feature only to applaud in the background. Yet, for nearly 2000 years, the city has been a breeding ground for radical ideas, home to thinkers, heretics and rebels from John Wycliffe to Karl Marx. It has been the site of sometimes violent clashes that changed the course of history: the Levellers' doomed struggle for liberty in the aftermath of the Civil War; the silk weavers, match girls and dockers who crusaded for workers' rights; and the Battle of Cable Street, where East Enders took on Oswald Mosley's Black Shirts. A People's History of London journeys to a city of pamphleteers, agitators, exiles and revolutionaries, where millions of people have struggled in obscurity to secure a better future.

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Thirttene Friends is a prequel to the Elfdreams of Parallan and Donothor series and chronicles the early life of the sorcerer Rhiann Klarje and the sorcerers efforts to preserve the treasures of the world of Magick Sagain. The discovery of the source of Sagains Magick and a great spell that conquers space and time facilitates Rhianns travels to other worlds. and the establishment of the circle of Thirttene Friends in Green Vale in the World of the Three Suns. Preternatural Old Ones, including the Siren Maranna and a host of fantastic creatures, and steadfast Gnome friends help the young sorcerer in his efforts. Dark forces from within and without Sagain oppose his efforts. Thirttene Friends provides an introduction to the worlds Sagain, Donothor, and Parallan, the World of the bThree Suns. The stories continue in Lost Spellweaver, First Wandmaker, Wandmakers Burden, Emerald Islands, Menders Tomb, Deathquest to Parallan, Orb of Chalar, Chalice of Mystery, and Death of Magick.