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October 11, 2020February 25, 2023 Krista Kesselring

Mary Vezey, Sarah Chapone, and the Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives (1732-35)

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 Cassie Watson

Coventry’s Act and Malicious Injury

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Sara M. Butler

Hearing and Speaking the Law in Medieval England

July 31, 2019August 1, 2019 Cassie Watson

The Long Arm of the Law Cut Short

September 23, 2018September 25, 2018 Cassie Watson

Execution Delayed: Some Scottish Examples

June 7, 2018June 17, 2018 Cassie Watson

Murder Confessions 1715–1900: A Preliminary Typology

May 3, 2018June 17, 2018 Sara M. Butler

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

February 19, 2018June 17, 2018 Sara M. Butler

Persons under the Law? Medieval Animal Rights

November 21, 2017June 17, 2018 Sara M. Butler

Gunpowder, Peine forte et dure, and Medieval Penance

September 13, 2017December 16, 2017 Cassie Watson

Acid Attacks in Nineteenth-Century Britain

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Sara M. Butler

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

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