HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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having to sword fight to prove your innocence
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walking barefoot in the wintertime
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being thrown in a well to see if the water rejects you
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two examples of such an ordeal include the accused having to pass through fire, or having molten metal poured on their chest. There were about 30 of these kinds of fiery tests in all.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main types of ordeal are ordeals by divination, physical test, and battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -trial by or·deal.-ȯr-ˈdēl, -ˈȯr-ˌdēl. : a formerly used criminal trial in which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjection to dangerous or painful tests (as submersion in water) believed to be under divine control.
Detailed explanation-4: -(2) Trial by Hot Iron. The defendant would be required to pick up and carry a measure of iron weighing one pound after it had been heated over a fire. He would have to carry this nine feet, as measured by the length of his own foot.
Detailed explanation-5: -TRIAL BY ORDEAL OF BALANCE-A method mostly given to women, minors and old or disabled people. The person performing the ordeal was twice weighed on a balance. If the person weighed lighter than the previous weight they were considered innocent; if they were heavier the second time they were considered guilty.
Detailed explanation-6: -There were several forms of ordeal in Anglo‐Saxon and Norman England. In one the accused held a red hot iron or put his hand in a flame. If the wound healed, the accused was deemed innocent. In ordeal by cold water, used particularly for villeins, the accused was thrown, bound, into a pond or river.