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Medieval England had a defamation problem: how people used the law to fight rumours, insults and rivals

By Alex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
Rumour and gossip of sexual impropriety abounded in medieval society. Defamation offered a legal way of protecting a person’s good name.The Conversation


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