
Author: Sara M. Butler
The King George III Professor in British History at The Ohio State University. I teach medieval and early modern British history with a specialty in social history of the law. I can be reached at butler.960@osu.edu.


The Steelyard, Hansard Merchants, and a “Misliving” Singlewoman in Late Medieval London

Forgive us our Trespasses: Reconciliation in Later Medieval England

Alito’s Leaked Draft Majority Opinion and the Medieval History of Abortion

Performing Anti-clericalism: Rioting in Church and against Clergymen in Late Medieval England

Nobody Messes with Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester: Punishing the Violators of Sanctuary

“Horys, strumppettes and fyssenagges”: Defamation in the Courts of Later Medieval England

Freedom comes at a Price: The Medieval History of Bail

Surviving an Execution in Medieval England and Modern Ohio: Miracle, or Incompetence?

Trouble with the In-laws? Marriage and Murder in Thirteenth-Century England

Law Enforcement Officials and the Limits of Violence in Medieval England

Carts, Ships, and Trains: Abusing the Deodand

Hearing and Speaking the Law in Medieval England

How to tell a Serf from a Slave in Medieval England

Could Priests Claim Sanctuary in Medieval England?

Femme Sole Status: A Failed Feminist Dream?

“Woe unto those who know not how to syllabificate”: The Languages of Medieval Law

A Jewish Woman’s Appeal of Murder in Thirteenth-Century England

Citizen v. John Foreigner: The Politics of Inclusion in Medieval England’s Urban Centers

Persons under the Law? Medieval Animal Rights

Gunpowder, Peine forte et dure, and Medieval Penance

From Game of Thrones to Steven Pinker: Just how Lawless were the Middle Ages?

Reading the Legal Record like a Physician

When did the Poor become Deserving or Undeserving?

Suffering Indifference: Pre-Reformation Approaches to Sacred People and Sacred Space
