Ekaterina Mishanenkova is a historian and reenactor, researcher of medieval life and customs, author of popular science books about the Middle Ages. Facts and fiction about this amazing era are mixed so much that it is sometimes almost impossible to separate them from each other. In his new book “Criminal Middle Ages,” the author will talk about the most high-profile criminal cases, the investigation process and the fates of lawbreakers, many of whom were quite unusual people. Did the Inquisition burn witches? How many survived God's judgment? Is it true that rapists had their genitals cut off, and talkative women were tied to a chair and dunked headlong into a river? Did the Vikings pay off for the murder they committed? What did the court do with unmarried pregnant girls? Could a knight really kill any commoner with impunity? All this is in the new book of the “History and Science in Detail” series. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.