Unfortunate Ends: On Murder and Misadventure in Medieval England

From the author of Twitter's Medieval Death Bot comes Unfortunate Ends: On Murder and Misadventure in Medieval England, an illuminating collection of in-depth looks at the most interesting cases from medieval coroners’ rolls

Thomas, son of Henry Robekyn, died 1286 after cutting off his left foot and then his left hand in a frenzy

Henry Debordesle, died 1343. Long sick with diseases, smote himself in the belly with a knife worth one penny

A romp through the death records of medieval England.

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