Murder, Rape, and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages Freelance Academy Press
Murder, Rape, and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages Freelance Academy Press Deeds of arms - formal, limited combats - were an important part of late medieval warrior culture, allowing…
Specifikacia Murder, Rape, and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages Freelance Academy Press
Murder, Rape, and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages Freelance Academy Press
Deeds of arms - formal, limited combats - were an important part of late medieval warrior culture, allowing men-at-arms the chance to display their identities and establish their martial worth before an audience that included their peers, their lords and captains, and the ladies who inspired them. The word "duel" suggests to modern audiences a conflict over honor, but although medieval trials by combat were likewise concerned with issues of reputation and shame, their purpose was judicial: a method of reaching a verdict when other methods could not. Among the most interesting, unusual and prominent deeds of arms were the judicial duels of the late Middle Ages (14th and 15th centuries).
But there was, in fact, no guarantee of clarity even in the case of the duel, and If evidence or testimony was not clear or was rejected by participants in a legal case, one could always turn to God.
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