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Court of Historical Law
Horrible HistoriesA bewigged judge opens a candlelit courtroom where a historical ruler prosecutes an unlucky defendant under the laws of their own era, so the verdicts follow genuinely harsh historical rules. Instalments in the 2009-2013 series include…
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A bewigged judge opens a candlelit courtroom where a historical ruler prosecutes an unlucky defendant under the laws of their own era, so the verdicts follow genuinely harsh historical rules. Instalments in the 2009-2013 series include Ethelred the Unready's ordeal by cake, Draco's Athenian laws and Tsarevich Peter III's trial of a rat.
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