Ordalies et lutte contre la criminalité dans l’Angleterre des xe-xie siècles
The ordeal is mentioned for the first time in Anglo-Saxon royal laws at the end of the 7th century (Law of Ine of Wessex). It is however only with the reign of Æthelstan (†939), and then that of Æthelred (†1016), that legal and liturgical texts describe more precisely the cases in which one resorts...
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| Language: | fra |
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Association Clio et Themis
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Clio@Themis |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/156 |
| Summary: | The ordeal is mentioned for the first time in Anglo-Saxon royal laws at the end of the 7th century (Law of Ine of Wessex). It is however only with the reign of Æthelstan (†939), and then that of Æthelred (†1016), that legal and liturgical texts describe more precisely the cases in which one resorts to the ordeal, as well as the procedures to be followed. A curious distinction appears however in legal texts around the beginning of the 10th century, between the « simple ordeal » and the « triple ordeal ». The latter – rougher than the former – turns out to be a weapon of choice for royalty’s fight against crime. |
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| ISSN: | 2105-0929 |