The Anglo-Saxons used trial by ordeal to determine proof through the Judgement of God, the Judicium Dei. The two main types of ordeal are explored, trial by hot iron and trial by water.

The group's ordeal is being re-enacted on Saturday and Sunday in Huntingdon's Georgian courtroom, on the site of the building where the 17th Century trial took place. "For many people, the Civil ...

Though discredited now, trial by ordeal was considered highly effective in this superstitious era as most guilty criminals preferred to confess and so avoid trial. The practice, overseen by the ...

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Mathis died of a drugs overdose aged 24, but his grandparents Roland and Mauricette attended the opening of the surgeon’s trial on Monday on his behalf. Roland said both he and his wife are ...