Ordali (from Anglo-Saxon. Ordol , Latin. Ordalium - sentence, judgment) - in the broad sense the same as " God's judgment "; in the narrow - the court by the test of fire and water. Ordans are considered one of the types of archaic law , for the first time such tests are mentioned in the Hammurabi laws .
When testing with water, it was necessary to get a ring out of boiling water, jump into the river with a fast current, the subject was immersed in cold water and so on.
The test of fire consisted in the fact that the subject had to hold his hands on the fire, pass through a burning fire, hold the red-hot iron with his hands. He who endured these trials was found to be justified, but he did not stand guilty.
Drowned in the river was considered justified - God took him to a better world, he had fallen into heaven before. If not drowned, then followed the death penalty. A similar test of water arranged the "witches" of the Spanish Inquisition.
Horde had spread among many nations, met in the period of the High Middle Ages .
During the First Crusade after the discovery of the Holy Lance to the horde, Pierre Barthelemy went and died from burns.
Gustave Dore . Pierre Barthelemy goes into the fire
Dirk Bouts . Fire test
Images in cinema
- 2017 - Ordalia / God's Judgment / Ordalie / Ordeal (dir. Sasha Barben / Sacha Barbin) - in ch. the role of Gaspard Ulliel / Gaspard Ulliel
- 2013- In one of the series of the series "Vikings" shows the test of fire. A Christian preacher in Kattegat carries a red-hot iron in his hands.
- The film "Witch Time" - at the beginning of the film shows the test of water. 3 witches hung on the ropes and dropped from the bridge into the water ...
See also
Three youths in fire
Links
- Judgment of God // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 tons and 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.