Associate Professor
Departments of History, Legal Studies, Sociology | Law School
Karl Shoemaker received a Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001, and holds a JD from Cumberland School of Law. He is the author of Sanctuary and Crime in Medieval Europe, 400–1500, and numerous scholarly articles. He has been a member of UW–Madison’s faculty since 2002. He is currently researching the Devil’s medieval legal career.
Talks:
- Trial by Ordeal in the Middle Ages
- The Origins of Trial by Jury in England
- Sanctuary for Crime in European History