Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron)
One of the evidentiary means used in medieval legal procedure was the so-called judgment of God, judicium dei, also known as ordeal, from the Latin term ordalium. Ordeals were characteristic of all peoples in their various stages of development. They were based on the belief that divinity could inte...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2017-12-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Legal Studies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jles-2017-0020 |
| id |
doaj-2d7f8eb67e6949d9848ffb9d7da12fcf |
|---|---|
| record_format |
Article |
| spelling |
doaj-2d7f8eb67e6949d9848ffb9d7da12fcf2021-09-06T19:40:41ZengSciendoJournal of Legal Studies2392-70542017-12-0120349710010.1515/jles-2017-0020jles-2017-0020Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron)Florin Moldovan Iosif0UVVG Arad – Faculty of Legal SciencesOne of the evidentiary means used in medieval legal procedure was the so-called judgment of God, judicium dei, also known as ordeal, from the Latin term ordalium. Ordeals were characteristic of all peoples in their various stages of development. They were based on the belief that divinity could intervene and perform miracles, disregarding the laws of nature, in order to prove one’s innocence. In the Middle Ages ordeals were widespread on the territory of Transylvania, too, the ordeal of fire being one of the most commonly used means of proof. In this paper I will try to show the characteristics of this evidence in relation to others that were used at that time, looking at them through the lenses of the documents of the time and of personal research.https://doi.org/10.1515/jles-2017-0020red-hot irontrial by ordealoathevidencetrial |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
English |
| format |
Article |
| sources |
DOAJ |
| author |
Florin Moldovan Iosif |
| spellingShingle |
Florin Moldovan Iosif Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) Journal of Legal Studies red-hot iron trial by ordeal oath evidence trial |
| author_facet |
Florin Moldovan Iosif |
| author_sort |
Florin Moldovan Iosif |
| title |
Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| title_short |
Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| title_full |
Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| title_fullStr |
Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Evidentiary means in feudal Transylvania. Ordeal By fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| title_sort |
evidentiary means in feudal transylvania. ordeal by fire (holding a red-hot iron) |
| publisher |
Sciendo |
| series |
Journal of Legal Studies |
| issn |
2392-7054 |
| publishDate |
2017-12-01 |
| description |
One of the evidentiary means used in medieval legal procedure was the so-called judgment of God, judicium dei, also known as ordeal, from the Latin term ordalium. Ordeals were characteristic of all peoples in their various stages of development. They were based on the belief that divinity could intervene and perform miracles, disregarding the laws of nature, in order to prove one’s innocence. In the Middle Ages ordeals were widespread on the territory of Transylvania, too, the ordeal of fire being one of the most commonly used means of proof. In this paper I will try to show the characteristics of this evidence in relation to others that were used at that time, looking at them through the lenses of the documents of the time and of personal research. |
| topic |
red-hot iron trial by ordeal oath evidence trial |
| url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/jles-2017-0020 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT florinmoldovaniosif evidentiarymeansinfeudaltransylvaniaordealbyfireholdingaredhotiron |
| _version_ |
1717767879764475904 |