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Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints) by Robert Bartlett

Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)

Robert Bartlett

192 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Although seemingly bizarre and barbaric in modern times, trial by ordeal-the subjection of the accused to undergo harsh tests such as walking over hot irons or being bound and cast into water-played an integral, and often staggeringly effective, r...

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