
Medieval England had a defamation problem: how people used the law to fight rumours, insults and rivals
Rumour and gossip of sexual impropriety abounded in medieval society. Defamation offered a legal way of protecting a person’s good name.
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Rumour and gossip of sexual impropriety abounded in medieval society. Defamation offered a legal way of protecting a person’s good name.

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Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu met with the US president on the sidelines of Lindsey Graham’s funeral.

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