Castellan Bolesta burned alive for ordering murder of Bishop Werner of Płock

Castellan Bolesta, who ordered the assassination of Bishop Werner of Płock, was sentenced to an unprecedented punishment: being burned alive. Wrapped in wax-soaked cloth and set alight on a pyre before a crowd, his execution was so extreme it had no precedent in Polish law at the time. The case is documented by the history site CiekawostkiHistoryczne.pl as a landmark moment in medieval Polish justice.