Trial by Combat Small 272×320 Medium 544×640 Large 870×1024 Download Tiff Original 2040×2400 | (1.7 MB) Description "The trial by combat, or wager of battle, was a solemn judicial duel. It was resorted to in the belief that God would give victory to the right."—Myers, 1905 Keywords case, combat, court, duel, fight, judgment, trial Galleries Miscellaneous Medieval Illustrations Source: Myers, Philip Van Ness Medieval and Modern History (Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1905)
