In 1120 in the French town of Laon, farmers went to court complaining that their harvest was being eaten by intruders. As in any trial, the intruders were defended by a lawyer, but were found guilty, ordered to leave within 6 days & excommunicated
Fun fact: They were caterpillars
Fun fact: They were caterpillars
Turns out trials against pests weren't that rare -and more often than not, they were excommunicated.
Interestingly that triggered debate about whether or not that was appropriate: Was it really possible to excommunicate pest that hadn't been baptized, and therefore were heretics?
Interestingly that triggered debate about whether or not that was appropriate: Was it really possible to excommunicate pest that hadn't been baptized, and therefore were heretics?
(FTR currently working on a 200-pages History of France -I may share a few more WTF moments)
(I know it really doesn't feel like it right now, but turns out as a whole we did get more informed, more tolerant and less violent. Also, we don't want to get back there, "Good Old Times" basically s*cks.)
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