(Lesley) Imagine hiring a man to kill off your enemy... and then pleading a defense that would allow you to walk out free. This week, we'll trace the story of a neighborly feud in Tudor England that left one man dead and an unbalanced man free, if not for the actions of a young woman in manipulating Parliament, the Privy Council, and even the Queen. Their responses would ultimately change the laws of England in order to prevent a man from getting away with murder. 

(Lesley) Imagine hiring a man to kill off your enemy... and then pleading a defense that would allow you to walk out free. This week, we'll trace the story of a neighborly feud in Tudor England that left one man dead and an unbalanced man free, if not for the actions of a young woman in manipulating Parliament, the Privy Council, and even the Queen. Their responses would ultimately change the laws of England in order to prevent a man from getting away with murder.<a href="http://www.footnotinghistory.com/uploads/1/6/5/2/16521246/9mar2013_-_cruel_mind_and_deadly_malice.mp3"> </a>

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Cruel Mind and Deadly Malice: A Murder in Early Modern England

(Kirsti) Some people just get all the luck. Others, like poor Alice Rowley of Coventry, just can’t seem to catch a break. Join us as we explore Alice’s dedication to the Lollard community and what that meant for her in court!<a href="http://www.footnotinghistory.com/uploads/1/6/5/2/16521246/16mar2013_-_alice_rowley.mp3"> </a>

Heresy and You: Alice Rowley and Lollardy

(Lucy) Why did commoners and kings in eleventh-century Germany keep seeing dead people? Why did a bunch of animated corpses decide to burn a priest alive? And why did a busy bishop write all this down? <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Why%20did%20commoners%20and%20kings%20in%20eleventh-century%20Germany%20keep%20seeing%20dead%20people?%20Why%20did%20a%20bunch%20of%20animated%20corpses%20decide%20to%20burn%20a%20priest%20alive?%20And%20why%20did%20a%20busy%20bishop%20write%20all%20this%20down?"> </a>

Cruel Mind and Deadly Malice: A Murder in Early Modern England

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