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When animals were put on trial

AI-generated cover illustration / Титульна AI-реконструкція. Medieval courtroom scene with a pig and a human advocate, created to illustrate the general topic, not a specific trial.
AI-generated reconstruction of a rural Burgundy farmyard with a sow and six piglets, inspired by the 1457 Savigny case. Not a documentary image and not evidence for the court record.
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AI-generated cover illustration / Титульна AI-реконструкція. Medieval courtroom scene with a pig and a human advocate, created to illustrate the general topic, not a specific trial.

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In medieval and early modern Europe, some courts formally heard cases against domestic animals that injured or killed people. Sources often mention pigs accused of killing children; in some cases, an animal was assigned a lawyer. These were occasional practices that varied by place and period.