Trial of Claudine de Culam

Claudine de Culam
Bornc. 1584/1585
Died4 October 1601 (aged 16)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)Carnal cohabitation with a dog
Criminal penaltyDeath
Date apprehended
7 September 1601

Claudine de Culam (c. 1584/1585 – 1601) was a 16-year-old French girl tried and hanged for allegedly committing the act of bestiality with a dog in Rognon, France.[1]

  1. ^ Hastings Donnan, Fiona Magowan, Transgressive sex: subversion and control in erotic encounters, 2009, pp. 95 and 96.