Wager of Battle Between a Man and Woman Small 320×282 Medium 640×563 Large 1024×902 Download Tiff Original 2400×2113 | (1.0 MB) Description "There are instances mentioned, however, where even women performed the wager of battle; in which case, to equalize the conditions, the man was placed in a pit waist-deep, with his left hand tied behind his back."—Myers, 1905 Keywords equality, men, trial by combat, wager of battle, women Galleries Miscellaneous Medieval Illustrations Source: Myers, Philip Van Ness Medieval and Modern History (Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1905)
