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The ordeal

Henry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal becomes a study in cultural history. Reprinted here from the fourth revised edition of 1892, the book be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1973]
Colección:Sources of medieval history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Universal invocation of the judgment of God
  • Ordeal of boiling water
  • Ordeal of red-hot iron
  • Ordeal of fire
  • Ordeal of cold water
  • Ordeal of balance
  • Ordeal of the cross
  • The corsnaed
  • The eucharist as an ordeal
  • Ordeal of the lot
  • Bier-right
  • Oaths as ordeals
  • Poison ordeals
  • Irregular ordeals
  • Conditions of the ordeal
  • Confidence reposed in the ordeal
  • The church and the ordeal
  • Confidence reposed in the ordeal
  • The church and the ordeal
  • Repressive secular legislation.