The religious misconceptions that have dominated Europe for four centuries constitute one of the saddest pages in human history. For centuries, fires burned hundreds and thousands of innocent people. The tragic and frightening events of that era will be vividly and fascinatingly told by the historical works of the famous Russian lawyer of the late XIX - early XX centuries, Yakov Kantorovich. The collection included "Medieval Witch Trials" (1899) and "Trials against Animals in the Middle Ages" (1897). Latin expressions and poetic fragments are given in the original author's spelling.