Old creatures and poor children. The use of non-gendered words for gendered individuals in historical speech-related material by Sara Lilja Visén

“…This might be due to the specific nature of the New England material, most of which comes from the Salem witch trials. …”
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The Salem witchcraft and the origin of the north American plea bargaining: contrasting the dichotomous knowledge of the criminal justice systems by Sarah Ribeiro, Rodrigo Régnier Chemim Guimarães

“…The article then explores how things went in this case, identifying the similarity between the methods used in the Salem witches' trial and the modern plea bargaining. Physical and psychological torture, linked to the possibility of harsh penalties, which frightened those accused of heresy in the processes of the medieval inquisition, as well as their limited possibility of defense, were also found in the Salem witch trials. …”
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