
Superstition and Force: Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
Description
Lea examines the brutal logic behind medieval ordeals and torture as legal proof systems, revealing how societies once weaponized God and nature itself to establish guilt—a chilling historical analysis that questions what we consider progress. His scholarship reads like a legal thriller grounded in horrifying fact.
About the Author
Henry Charles Lea (1825–1909) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.





