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Five Little-Known But History-Changing Medieval Crime Stories

Murder Most Foul

Medieval scholar Eric Jager, whose new book is Blood Royal, about a true story of murder in 15th-century Paris, picks five books about medieval crime that you probably missed but shouldn’t.

Eric Jager
Eric Jager
Eric Jager

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