money paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud
The belief then during the Middle Ages was that he who has not done wrong will be protected by the gods and that by doing the trial by ordeal, the innocent ones would survive the ordeal as they will be protected by the gods.
He impacted the Frankish kingdom because, first of all, he was crowned the Emperor of Rome and included the Frankish kingdom in his empire. He then spread all of the beliefs previously found in the Frankish kingdom into all the other provinces in his control so that the Frankish kingdom was the main source of laws and beliefs. Some of these beliefs contained of Christianity, Wergild, and Ordeal. Lastly, He gave the Frankish kingdom most of its land and power.
A 'trying experience'.
Well, the difference between today and tonight is today is now in the daytime and tonight is this night, after dark.That is what the difference is between them.
The wergild in Germanic law served as a means of compensation or restitution for crimes such as homicide. It was a way to restore peace between families and prevent blood feuds. The ordeal was a method of trial by which the accused underwent a physical test or ritual, believed to be guided by divine intervention to determine guilt or innocence.
wergild
The compensation to be paid for taking the life of a man.
Trial by jury involves a group of impartial individuals who decide the verdict based on evidence presented in court, while trial by ordeal relies on a physical test or ritual to determine guilt or innocence, often involving supernatural elements. Trial by jury is based on reasoned analysis and legal principles, while trial by ordeal is based on superstition and a belief in divine intervention.
It was pennies, pounds, and shillings :)
That was quite an ordeal!
ORDEAL I had an ordeal because someone died in my family. My teacher is having a big ordeal in her family because 2 of her family members died.
Ordeal - autobiography - was created in 1980.
Ordeal in Space was created in 1948.
Ordeal of the Union was created in 1971.
Skinner's Ordeal was created in 1996.
Ordeal by Golf was created in 1924.