From public floggings to iron maidens, medieval justice was about pain, spectacle, and fear. Here's what happened when you broke the law back then.

Publication date 2004 Topics Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Encyclopedias Publisher Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet ...

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STORRS, Conn. (WFSB) - The UConn women are in the middle of a stretch of several weeks of summer workouts and practices. Summer workouts are less formal, but no less important.

DEAR ABBY: I need help! I am a 50-plus-year-old, married, well-educated woman. I am also a kleptomaniac and I’m not proud of it. It started a few years back when I accidentally left an item in ...

DEAR ABBY: I need help! I am a 50-plus-year-old, married, well-educated woman. I am also a kleptomaniac and I’m not proud of it. It started a few years back when ...