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August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 legalhistorymiscellany

Decriminalizing Heresy

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 legalhistorymiscellany

Women’s Executions in Early Modern England

March 13, 2022 legalhistorymiscellany

Gaol and Gaol-breaking in Early Modern Ireland

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Krista Kesselring

Justice and (Mis)Fortune in the Wake of Wyatt’s Revolt

August 18, 2020August 19, 2020 Sara M. Butler

Law Enforcement Officials and the Limits of Violence in Medieval England

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Krista Kesselring

Gaol Fever Stories

January 11, 2019May 1, 2019 Krista Kesselring

The Very Image of Justice? Star Chamber Records and the Art of Punishment

October 10, 2018February 3, 2022 Krista Kesselring

Slavery and Cartwright’s Case before Somerset

April 5, 2018June 17, 2018 Krista Kesselring

Star Chamber Stories: Using Criminal Law to Criminal Ends in Early Modern London

January 2, 2018January 31, 2022 Krista Kesselring

Star Chamber Stories: Felons’ Labours

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

Gunpowder, Peine forte et dure, and Medieval Penance

January 10, 2017July 1, 2018 Krista Kesselring

A Proposal to Enslave Petty Offenders (1621)

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