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Samantha Moon

The Theses Talks #2: Kelsea Jeon

Isabella Smeets speaks with Kelsea Jeon, author of "This 'Order' Must Be Annihilated: How Benjamin Austin's Call to Abolish Lawyers Shaped Early Understandings of Access to Justice, 1786-1819 [https://yalehistoricalreview.ghost.io/this-order-must-be-annihilated/]. Isabella Smeets (IS): Kelsea, I was wondering what inspired you to write...

Samantha Moon

The Hatch and Brood of Time 7: Weighing Hamlet's Sources

The Hatch and Brood of Time Volume 7: November 9, 2020                                                                             By London Johns In 1596, William Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son Hamnet died. His cause of death is not known, though it is possible he died of bubonic plague. His father’s reaction to his death is also not known....

Samantha Moon

The Hatch and Brood of Time 6: Alas, Poor Will: What Happened to Shakespeare's Skull

The Hatch and Brood of Time Volume 6: November 2, 2020                                                                       By London Johns Throughout the centuries since Shakespeare’s death, countless conspiracy theories about his grave have risen and been put to rest. The combination of Shakespeare’s fame and the curse inscribed on his gravestone inspired theories that...

Samantha Moon

The Weird Sisters' Beards

The Hatch and Brood of Time                                   Volume 5: October 25, 2020                                                 By London Johns “What are these,/So withered, and so wild in their attire,/That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth/And yet are on ’t? . . . You should be women,/And yet your beards forbid me to...

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