Download or read book A Poisoned Past written by Steven Bednarski and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. As Bednarski points out, the story is important not so much for what it tells us about Margarida but for how it illuminates a past world. Through the depositions and accusations made in court, the reader learns much about medieval women, female agency, kin networks, solidarity, sex, sickness, medicine, and law."--Publisher's website.