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Podcast: Stuff You Missed in History Class
Episode: Medieval & Early Modern Animal Trials
Description: There are some parallels between historical witch trials and trials of non-human animals in the same period, with a lot of the same procedures as were used when human beings were charged with a crime. Research: Sonya. âWhen Societies Put Animals on Trial.â JSTOR Daily. 9/13/2017. https://daily.jstor.org/when-societies-put-animals-on-trial/ Simon, Matt. âFantastically Wrong: Europe's Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them.â Wired. 9/24/2014. https://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-europes-insane-history-putting-animals-trial-executing/ MacGregor, L., (2019) âCriminalising Animals in Medieval France: Insights from Records of Executionsâ, Open Library of Humanities 5(1), 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.319 MacĂas, Francisco. âAnimals on Trial: Forma...