Seabourne on "Let Her Be Burned, etc.": A Consideration of Husband-killing and "Petty Treason" in Medieval England @gcseabourne

Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol Law School, has published ‘Let Her Be Burned etc.’: A Consideration of Husband-killing and ‘Petty Treason’ in Medieval England. Here is the abstract.

This is a working paper based on research to date on medieval petty treason, specifically the treatment by the common law of wives alleged to have killed their husbands.

Download the paper from SSRN at the link.