Gilles de Rais was innocent

The Marechal de Rays. One of the greatest encouragers of alchymy in the fifteenth century was Gilles de Laval, Lord of Rays and a Marsha...

One thing is certain, though, isn't it? The fairy tale character Bluebeard was based on him. Absolutely false! This is one of the mo...

All the   FAQs are now collected on one page, which will be updated when necessary.   http://gillesderaiswasinnocent.blogspot.com/p/sure...

The 1992 retrial was just a publicity stunt, right? After all, no mediaeval historians were involved. Yes and no. Gilbert Prouteau was a...

To commemorate Gilles de Rais Day, here is my attempt to tell the story of Gilles de Rais as a fairy tale. It is deliberately romanticized...

Where did the King come into the plot? Was he jealous of Gilles' showy wealth, too? This is another recent myth, put about by people...

Gilles de Rais was not Bluebeard . There is no dispute about this whatsoever. The idea was first mooted by a few nineteenth century French...