Was there transitional justice in the medieval world?

Benham, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-9450 and Smith, Jamie 2024. Was there transitional justice in the medieval world? Meierhenrich, Jens, Hinton, Alexander Laban and Douglas, Lawrence, eds. Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198704355.013.7)

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Abstract

There exists a large and ever-growing eld of scholarship on conflict resolution and peace-making in the Middle Ages, yet no historian has interpreted such issues through the theory of transitional justice. As the medieval period lacks codification of human rights and international law, it is easy to appreciate why this has been the case. By taking a broader interpretation of law and justice, this chapter attests not simply that the aims and methods of transitional justice existed in the medieval period but it explores how they were adapted to societies very different from our own, and to what success. The widely understood concepts of Christianity and honor created pervasive notions of just behaviors, and in turn stimulated the use of methods such as apology, memorialization, reparation, and arbitration in response to violations. Though “true democracy” was never the goal, these approaches encouraged inclusion and collaboration between former enemies, precipitating peace

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780198704355
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2024 11:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165794

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