In eradicating witchcraft, the inquisitors showed monstrous cruelty. In Western European countries, at least 200,000 women were burned. This book will tell not only about the mythology of witchcraft. After all, judges were accused of flying on a broomstick, witches' sabbaths and witchcraft, primarily for the sake of confiscation of property. Thanks to protocols and ancient engravings, we can look into the basements of the Inquisition. How was the interrogation structured? What torture was used to extract a confession? What was going on in the dungeons? What was the ritual of execution? All these questions are answered by the historian and artist Nikolai Bessonov, who accompanies his popular science text with unique author’s illustrations. About all this and more in the book Trials of Witchcraft. The book is written in the genre of popular science literature, where historical facts are presented to the reader in an accessible and understandable form. The Middle Ages were a time of rampant obscurantism and occultism, therefore it is quite natural for the appearance of the “scourge of the Lord” - the holy Inquisition. The author described in detail the methods and tools with which the pious fathers obtained confessions from witches and sorcerers. The origins, development and gradual extinction of witchcraft processes are described by Nikolai Bessonov with his characteristic vividness and accuracy. Rich illustrative material helps to recreate a verbal picture of the horrors of witchcraft processes, and numerous literary sources will orient the reader in the variety of books on the topic of “witchcraft.” This book is intended for a wide audience circle of readers.