Pay to Win The Ordeal Boiling Water
Автор: Unleash Facts | History Documentaries
Загружено: 2026-02-09
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Medieval trial by ordeal boiling water judicial practice represents one of history's most brutal and corrupt justice systems disguised as divine judgment. From approximately 500-1215 AD across Christian Europe, courts used trial by ordeal for serious crimes when evidence was insufficient.
The most common ordeal involved accused plunging hands into boiling water to retrieve stones or iron rings. Priests immediately bandaged the scalded hands and examined them three days later—clean healing indicated divine protection proving innocence, while infection demonstrated guilt.
The Church charged substantial fees for conducting ordeals, creating lucrative revenue stream. However, recent historical and experimental analysis suggests priests manipulated water temperature based on bribes, social status, or personal judgment.
Water might be merely warm for wealthy defendants or actually boiling for poor accused.
This allowed clergy to predetermine outcomes while maintaining facade of God's judgment, making medieval justice literally purchasable through ecclesiastical corruption.
#shorts #MedievalJustice #TrialByOrdeal #ChurchCorruption #medievalhistory
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