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This is an audio-visual tour through the darker side of local history as reflected in the documents in the care of the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service and the William Salt Library. You will find out about bad behaviour over four centuries and the responses which it provoked. The experience may not be very edifying, but we hope you will find it informative.

The tour is divided into the five sections shown on the right, each of which contains two or more individual documents. You can take any route you like through the tour, although we recommend that you go through the sections and documents in the order in which they are displayed. Click on one of the headings to begin. And please . . . don’t have nightmares.
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Medieval Malefactors Section   
MEDIEVAL MALEFACTORS
Some less than holy aspects of church life.
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Elizabethan Louts Section   
ELIZABETHAN LOUTS
Anti-social behaviour in Shakespeare’s England.
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The Long Arm of the Law Section   
THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW ?
Some means of enforcement.
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Their Just Deserts Section   
THEIR JUST DESERTS ?
Sentences from public confession to the gallows.
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19th Century Values Section   
19TH - CENTURY VALUES
Ideas on the causes and cures of crime.
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