INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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royal rulings
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court trials
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church rulings
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economic studies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout Europe, court trials based on written and oral evidence eventually replaced trials by ordeal or combat.
Detailed explanation-2: -In ordeal by accursed morsel, the accused was required to eat a piece of meat with a feather or other foreign body in it, and was adjudged guilty if he choked. When in 1215 the Lateran Council of the church forbade clergy to take part in ordeals, they fell into disuse and were eventually replaced by jury trial.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trials by ordeal became rarer over the Late Middle Ages, but the practice was not discontinued until the 16th century. Certain trials by ordeal would continue to be used into the 17th century in witch-hunts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q. Which of these eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat? jury trials.
Detailed explanation-5: -The main types of ordeal are ordeals by divination, physical test, and battle.