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The method of trial used in England from approximately the tenth to the twelfth century, and elsewhere in Europe from 800 A.D. until 1200A.D., was "trial by ordeal."
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The faithfulness of a wife, the falsity of a monk's doctrines, the unresolved theft were all suspicions pointed to one man: these had to go to trial, to judgment. This was the role of the ordeal. It was lex paribilis, or apparens, or aperta- the 'manifest proof.' It was a device for dealing with situations in which certain knowledge was impossible but uncertainty was intolerable.1 I. Introduction The method of trial used in England from approximately the tenth to the twelfth century, and elsewhere in Europe from 800 A.D. until 1200A.D., was "trial by ordeal."2 An ordeal is a quasi-judicial practice by which a person's guilt or innocence was determined by subjecting them to a painful task. If the person completed the task unharmed, or with quick healings of the wounds suffered from the task, the person was adjudged innocent. The people considered it a judicium Dei, meaning God would help...
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