Some people say that, since elizabeth bathory was never judged, it's quite possible to say that what people said about her was augmented or skewed.
But weren't medieval trials very limited? Were they truly able to bring out the truth as to what happened?
Elizabeth Báthory was late 16th - early 17th century Hungary, well outside what a medievalist would study. With respect to law and trials in particular several hundred years makes a vast difference, notwithstanding the geographic differences which were substantial.