Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal by Robert Bartlett
Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal

Robert Bartlett

Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal

Robert Bartlett

200 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In trial by ordeal the accused was subjected to some harsh test--holding hot iron, being cast into a pool of water--with guilt or innocence decided according to the outcome. Although a strange and alien custom, trial by ordeal has been an importan...

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