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Discover the startling truth behind 10 medieval animal trials that ended in formal convictions proceedings meticulously recorded in municipal archives, ecclesiastical court logs, and chronicles from the 13th to 18th centuries. These were not fables but real legal cases where animals faced prosecution, defense counsel, and execution under the full weight of medieval law. Top 10 convicted animals 10. Field Mice of Chaumont 1516, France – Excommunicated for destroying barley crops Archives of Haute-Marne . 9. Cow of Moosseedorf 1543, Switzerland – Hanged for trampling a child to death Bernese court records . 8. Donkey of Château-Thierry 1499, France – Acquitted of bestiality charges, but its human co-defendant was burned included here to contrast judicial outcomes Jean de Coras, De Terribili Judicio, 1553 . 7. Weevils of St. Julien 1519, Savoy – Condemned after refusing a court-offered alternative food source notarial records published in Thesaurus Juris Ecclesiastici . 6. Pig of Lavey 1473, Switzerland – Executed for killing an infant body displayed publicly Chronicles of Valais . 5. Rooster of Basel 1474, Switzerland – Burned alive for laying a demonic egg Basel city chronicle, 1474 referenced in Felix Platter s diaries . 4. Sow of Falaise 1386, France – Dressed in human clothes and publicly hanged for murdering a child Municipal records of Falaise, cited in Robert Lemoine s 1880 study . 3. Bull of Dijon 1420, France – Sentenced to death for goring a man carcass forfeited to the court Archives de la Côte-d Or . 2. Swarm of Locusts in Glandèves 1545, France – Excommunicated by ecclesiastical court for devouring crops Diocesan records, reproduced in E.P. Evans 1906 compilation . 1. Sow and Piglets of Savigny 1457, France – The sow executed six piglets acquitted due to youth and coercion official trial transcript preserved in Archives de l Isère . These cases illustrate how medieval jurisprudence blended theology, natural philosophy, and communal justice often with lethal consequences for non-human defendants. They are documented in primary sources, not myth. Subscribe for more rigorously researched historical content. #MedievalHistory #AnimalTrials #LegalHistory #DarkHistory #HistoricalDocumentary #StrangeHistory #MedievalJustice #EcclesiasticalCourts