QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About Medieval England?

Trials by ordeal employed punishment to reveal a person’s guilt or innocence. Which of the following was NOT a type of ordeal?

Retry Correct Incorrect The most popular medieval famous was Ordeal by Combat, in which one or both parties would fight and select a champion. Ordeal by Fire forced the accused to hold red-hot iron, and Ordeal by Water usually had the accused reach into boiling water to retrieve a stone. Other trials at the time included poison, cross, and ingestion.

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Trials by ordeal employed punishment to reveal a person’s guilt or innocence. Which of the following was NOT a type of ordeal?

• Ordeal by Mud
• Ordeal by Fire
• Ordeal by Water
• Ordeal by Combat