[Seeking Sanctuary] presents a bold and plausible new interpretation. Yet what makes the book such a pleasure are the fascinating tales it tells about the individual experiences of seeking, running and protecting specific sanctuaries ... Seeking Sanctuary makes an outstanding contribution: while the book may not be the last word on the subject, it has transformed it.
Paul Cavill, ... Read moreHistory
Seeking Sanctuary is a marvellous piece of historical research and writing, which greatly advances our understanding of the role and place of sanctuary in early Tudor England. McSheffrey explores her subject through a series of beautifully-crafted case studies and engaging vignettes. ... any subsequent studies of late medieval sanctuary will be greatly in Shannon McSheffrey's debt.
Martin Heale, Sehepunkte
Seeking Sanctuary's principal contribution is its ability to intertwine the rather haphazard approaches to sanctuary in recent literature, in a way that opens up new and exciting dialogues between the legal, social, political, and religious developments they identified. The footnotes are extensive and the bibliography impressive, attesting to Seeking Sanctuary's position as arguably the most comprehensive treatment of sanctuary-seeking in England for a century. ... Seeking Sanctuary will thus, no doubt, establish itself as the pathfinder for much of the subsequent scholarship on the subject.
Edward J. Everett, Renaissance and Reformtion
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