Illustration entitled "Trial of a Sow and Pigs at Lavegny" taken from The Book of Days (1863) edited by Robert Chambers.
Featured on PDR in the essay Bugs and Beasts Before the Law
Murderous pigs sent to the gallows, sparrows prosecuted for chattering in church, a gang of thieving rats let off on a wholly technical acquittal - theoretical psychologist and author Nicholas Humphrey* explores the strange world of medieval animal trials.
Also appearing in the essay…
Trial of a Sow and Pigs at Lavegny
Date
1863
From
The Book of Days
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