09/09/2026
TONIGHT! Join us for the month's LU-MRRL Lecture Series event, "Sorcery, Scandals, and... Swans? Early Modern Crimes and Punishments." Dr. Hannah Bowling, assistant professor of English at Lincoln, will speak on crime and punishment in England during the 1400s-1600s. Learn more about what witchcraft, crop damage, and property theft have in common and about some of the famous (and infamous) court cases from this period. Her talk will highlight how early modern people were concerned with many of the same legal matters that we still worry about today.
For more information, please visit the MRRL website: https://www.mrrl.org/event/lu-mrrl-lecture-series-sorcery-scandals-andswans-early-modern-crimes-and-punishments-51936. All lecture series events are free and open to the public. Parking is also free, and it is available adjacent to the library and across the street. For questions, please contact Madeline Matson ([email protected]) or Dr. Hannah Bowling ([email protected]).