Author: Sara M. Butler
The King George III Professor in British History, The Ohio State University. I teach medieval and early modern British history with a specialty in social history of the law.
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
