11. Trial by ordeal or battle avoided these problems.12. Prior to this, European legal procedure consisted of either trial by combat or trial by ordeal . 13. Trial by ordeal had always been viewed with skepticism and condescension by Latin lawyers and intelligentsia.14. Several methods of determining guilt or innocence were outlawed including trial by ordeal and trial by combat. 15. Speaking of trial by ordeal he says: 16. He was also the first king who explicitly outlawed trials by ordeal as they were considered irrational. 17. Her father, Roy Dotrice, also guest starred on the show in season 4's " Trial By Ordeal ". 18. Trial by jury and trial by ordeal were the two types of trials that existed during the period. 19. As a result of Nash's work, Sherwood was given a pardon, 300 years after her trial by ordeal . 20. This had the effect of bringing the practice of trial by ordeal to an abrupt halt in England.
