Jones T.S. Outlawry in Medieval Literature

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 238 p.Drawing on new historicist principles, this book examines literary and historical narratives, legal statutes and records, sermons, lyric poetry, and biblical exegesis circulating in England between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Timothy Scott Jones theorizes the figure of the outlaw in medieval England and uncovers the legal, ethical, and social assumptions that underlie the practice of outlawry.