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"The Butchery Which We Call Justice": Petit Treason and Domestic Crime in the English Common Law, 1351-1828
Oliver, Abigail (2020-07-06)From 1351 to 1828, women who killed their husbands were not charged with murder but instead with petit treason, a special category to designate the killing of one’s superior. Petit treason was a capital crime, and convicted ...