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September 23, 2025December 10, 2025 Cassie Watson

Poisoning Crimes and the ‘Mushroom Murderer’: Patterns and Precedents

January 3, 2022May 24, 2023 Krista Kesselring

Should ‘Witches’ Receive Posthumous Pardons?

April 20, 2021 Krista Kesselring

Domestic Violence and Rough Justice in Star Chamber (1612)

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Krista Kesselring

Star Chamber as a Marriage Court

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 Sara M. Butler

Femme Sole Status: A Failed Feminist Dream?

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Sara M. Butler

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

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