The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner
by
Steven Bednarski
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. As Bednarski points out, the story is important not so much for what it tells us about Margarida but for how it illuminates a past world. Through the depositions and accusations...