Quote Originally Posted by sapi
Stabbing and poisoning would be obvious, wouldn't you think?
Stabbing? Yes. Poisoning back then? No.

Remember, this was an age when the average life expectancy was still often around 35. That's not to say 35 was old, but that many diseases and maladies befell people the killed them often, at any given age.

With many poisons available then, the target would often have just apparently fallen ill and died... tragic, but not uncommon for the time.