Author: Wendy Turner

This introduction to the special issue on Monsters and the Law for Culture Unbound breaks down both how the editors see monsters within human lives and stories, real and fanciful, and how the authors in this collection explore themes within monster stu…

Chancery records of medieval England record an interaction between two men, one disguised as a monster. The first man, William, asks the second to disclose his real identity and when he only growls, William kills him. The details of this case are recor…