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  • MONSTROSITY, BODIES, AND KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
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    MONSTROSITY, BODIES, AND KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
    WHITNEY DIRKS
    In 1680, the poor cottager Mary Herring gave birth to conjoined twins. At two weeks of age, they were kidnapped to be shown for money, and their deaths shortly thereafter gave rise to a four-year legal battle over ownership and income. The Herring twins’ microhistory weaves throughout this book, as the chapter structure alternates between the family’s ordeal and the broader cul...

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