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Trial by ordeal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (991 words) |
 | Trial by ordeal is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task. |
| Another type of trial by water, used specifically against women suspected of adultery, tested the accused by requiring that she consume 'bitter water' and be condemned only if 'her belly shall swell and her thigh shall rot'. |
| Priestly cooperation in trials by fire and water was forbidden by Pope Innocent III at the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. |
| Trial by fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words) |
| Trial by ordeal — by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting them to a painful task |
| Trial by Fire, an episode from the TV series The A-Team |
| Trial by Fire, a book written by Gerry Spence. |
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