432 - Europe's Bizarre History of Putting Animals on Trial
Do Go On31 Tammi 2024

432 - Europe's Bizarre History of Putting Animals on Trial

In mediaeval and early modern Europe, there are many documented examples of animals being accused and tried for criminal offences, in this week's episode we are going to delve into this bizarre chapter of history!


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:16 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

historytoday.com

THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF ANIMALS by Edmund P. Evans (1906)

Changing Conceptions of Criminal Animals in Fourteenth by LB MacGregor

THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT OF ANIMALS By Jen Girgen (2003)

Rats, Pigs, and Statues on Trial: The Creation of Cultural Narratives in the Prosecution of Animals and Inanimate Objects by Paul Schiff Berman

Walter, E. V. (1985) "Nature on Trial: The Case of the Rooster That Laid an Egg," Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 10: No. 10, Article 7.

historic-uk.com/

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