I. Universal Invocation of the Judgment of God

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. I. Universal Invocation of the Judgment of God 1
5. II. Ordeal of Boiling Water 32
6. III. Ordeal of Red-Hot Iron 40
7. IV. Ordeal of Fire 57
8. V. Ordeal of Cold Water 72
9. VI. Ordeal of the Balance 88
10. VII. Ordeal of the Cross 90
11. VIII. The Corsnæd 93
12. X. Ordeal of the Lot 106
13. XI. Bier-Right 113
14. XII. Oaths as Ordeals 125
15. XIII. Poison Ordeals 129
16. XIV. Irregular Ordeals 131
17. XV. Conditions of the Ordeal 137
18. XVI. Confidence Reposed in the Ordeal 153
19. XVII. The Church and the Ordeal 162
20. XVIII. Repressive Secular Legislation 175
21. Appendix 183