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Author: Krista Kesselring

I teach British history at Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS), with a focus on the early modern period. My main current research projects examine the history of homicide and the records of the Court of Star Chamber.
July 9, 2017July 9, 2017Krista Kesselring

Early Modern Coroners’ Inquests into Deaths in Custody

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017Krista Kesselring

Good Friday Pardons in England

October 23, 2016October 23, 2016Krista Kesselring

Licensed or Licentious? Divorce with Remarriage in Reformation England

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016Krista Kesselring

The Short History of the Infidelity Defence in England

July 24, 2016July 31, 2016Krista Kesselring

Mrs. Bourne’s Case for a Divorce (1582)

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