Note: This show comes with a trigger warning for predatory behavior. In 1559 Agnes Bowker gave birth to a cat. That's where the investigation starts, and in this episode we look at this strange and sad story, and what it says about life in the margins of Elizabethan England, unwanted pregnancies,. Show notes with book resources will be up at englandcast.com/
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