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单词 Trial by ordeal
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Trial by ordeal

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Trial by ordeal

Water-ordeal. Miniature from the chronicle.
After being accused of adultery Cunigunde of Luxembourg proved her innocence by walking over red-hot ploughshares.
Peter Bartholomew undergoing the ordeal of fire, by Gustave Doré.
Water-ordeal. Engraving, 17th century.

Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience. Classically, the test was one of life or death and the proof of innocence was survival. In some cases, the accused was considered innocent if they escaped injury or if their injuries healed.

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