On a cold December day in 1386, Paris, a crowd of thousands gathered for a spectacle of blood. Among them were peasants, royalty and all walks of life in between, but one figure was set apart... Marguerite de Carrouges, seated on a solitary platform, awaited her judgment and her fate.

By publicly accusing the man who had violated her she had sought justice, no matter the cost. Her case would soon be decided by the “ultimate power” and her own life now hung in the balance.
TW: Sexual assault, rape