King's Peace

King's peace may refer to:

  • a term in Anglo-Saxon law
  • the Queen's peace in contemporary English law
  • Peace of Antalcidas, between Ancient Greek city-states and Persia
  • The King's Peace, a fantasy novel by Jo Walton

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or peace:

    ...if I perish, I perish.
    Bible: Hebrew, Esther 4:16.

    Queen Esther, as she gathers strength to go to the king on behalf of her people.

    [How] the young . . . can grow from the primitive to the civilized, from emotional anarchy to the disciplined freedom of maturity without losing the joy of spontaneity and the peace of self-honesty is a problem of education that no school and no culture have ever solved.
    Leontine Young (20th century)