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by Henry Charles Lea; Arthur E. Howland (Translator); Introduction by Edward Peters

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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 begins by tracing the role of the ordeal in non-Western and ancient societies, showing the mental world to which it belongs: a limited trust in the public order and purely human methods of inquiry, and a larger faith in divine intervention and immanent justice. The work then describes the uses of the institution through the European Middle Ages to its final abolition, and in the process offers a rich typology of ordeals. Additional documents included in this edition present formulas and descriptions of some of the ordeals most frequently used: the ordeal by boiling water, by hot water, by cold water, by hot iron and water, by glowing plowshares, by fire, and the ordeal of the cross.

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  • Title The Ordeal
  • Author Henry Charles Lea; Arthur E. Howland (Translator); Introduction by Edward Peters
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
  • Publication date 1973-11-29
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780812210613 / 0812210611
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.52 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 73083293
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.11
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