Criminal Middle Ages

Yekaterina Mishanenko is a historian and reenactor, a researcher of medieval everyday life and morals, and the author of popular science books about the Middle Ages. Facts and fiction about this amazing era are mixed so strongly that sometimes it’s almost impossible to separate them from each other. In her new book, “Criminal Middle Ages,” the author will tell you about the loudest criminal cases, the process of conducting investigations, and the fates of lawbreakers—many of whom were rather unusual people. Did the Inquisition burn witches? How many survived the Judgment of God? Is it true that rapists had their genitals cut off, and talkative women were tied to a chair and had their heads dunked into a river? Did Vikings pay ransoms for murder? What did the court do with unmarried pregnant girls? Could a knight truly kill any commoner with impunity? You’ll find answers to all this in the new book of the series “History and Science in Detail.”