The Anglo-Saxons used trial by ordeal to determine proof through the Judgement of God, the Judicium Dei. The two main types of ordeal are explored, trial by hot iron and trial by water.

An Abakaliki Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mrs Nnenna Ogodo has remanded four suspects at the ...

Though discredited now, trial by ordeal was considered highly effective in this superstitious era as most guilty criminals preferred to confess and so avoid trial. The practice, overseen by the ...