Gender also mattered in the formulation of a defense strategy: women rarely opted to stand mute, but those who did were in dire straits. The medieval evidence demonstrates that these rules developed late and were enforced at the discretion of the justices. Historians have often assumed that medieval justices, like their early modern counterparts, did not permit silence upon appeal or treason. Distinctions were made based on venue, process, and the nature of the charge.
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Not only were there multiple means of standing mute, but silence only sometimes functioned as a refusal to plead. Hue And Cry are gearing up to shake their tail-feathers once more with the full band at Party at the Palace this summer.
Chapter 2 speaks to the process of standing mute in the courts of medieval England, with the underlying goal of assessing the challenges an accused felon faced in negotiating the legal process sufficiently to develop a solid defense strategy. beautiful women painted out-of-doors, are some of the themes depicted. Peine forte et dure was the sentence imposed on suspected felons who stood mute, that is, who refused to plead. is one of the worlds leading plein air painters according to Eric Rhodes.
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