Many strange things happened in Europe during the Middle Ages. One of them took place in France, in a town called Lyon.
One day, in the year 840 AD, an irrationnal terror pervades the streets. Three men and a woman were seen to "fall from the sky" from a flyng ship. The bishop Agobard had an sudden idea to stop the riot and the burn at a stake.
The whole story is based on a very real fact, reported by the bishop Agobard in his writtings.
If you want to see a translation of that and the references, the author, Patrick Huet, can send it to you.
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