Daily Medieval

Sometimes, zeal can backfire. The man who presided over the trial that created the first condemnation for witchcraft in Ireland went a littl...

See Parts one and two . The outcome of the trial was dire for Alice, her maid Petronilla, and her stepson William Outlaw. There were others...

Read the first part here . Bishop Richard Ledrede wants to try the case himself. In those days bishops had their own courts separate from ci...

When Pope John XXII became the target of an assassination attempt using poison and witchcraft, he decided that witchcraft should be labeled...