ELIZABETH BÁTHORY - THE BLOOD COUNTESS (HORROR) Official Teaser 2020 | HORROR

The accusations against Elizabeth Báthory were unreliable due to the political and social context of the time. Báthory was a wealthy and influential Hungarian noblewoman during a period marked by religious conflict and increasing Habsburg control. As a Protestant landowner, she may have posed a threat to political interests. Some scholars suggest that her downfall served the financial and political ambitions of her rivals, who benefited from her imprisonment. Another major reason the accusations