Between the ninth and 13th centuries a person's guilt or innocence was determined by trial by fire or water ... Though discredited now, trial by ordeal was considered highly effective in this ...
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.
LA Fire Victims Fear Rebuilding Ordeal. Some Will Not Do It By Peter Henderson and Chad Terhune LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Karen Myles, 66, walked out of her Altadena, California home in the middle ...