Posts Tagged ‘ medieval law ’

Bugs and Beasts Before the Law

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Murderous pigs sent to the gallows, sparrows prosecuted for chattering in Church, a gang of thieving rats let off on a wholly technical acquittal – theoretical psychologist and author Nicholas Humphrey* explores the strange world of medieval animal trials. On 5 March 1986 some villagers near Malacca in Malaysia beat to death a dog,...
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