Examples Of Guilty In Medieval Europe

In Medieval Europe people got tortured for offences they were blamed for doing. They would torture people to find out if they were innocent or guilty. They would go to different courts all depending on the type of offence they did. In Medieval Europe, it was very unfair for the person being accused. They would have to depend on God a lot and there were no lawyers. Today, it's very different. There are lawyers that rely on evidence and prove if the victim is guilty or innocent.

In Medieval Europe, they would torture people to find out if they were telling the truth or lying. They would torture the person until they couldn't take the pain and then they would tell the truth. It was a very unfair process and whatever happened they would always be guilty. Today, people don't get tortured. They get proven guilty or innocent using lawyers. They used evidence and worked hard to help the person. …show more content…
There was an ordeal by fire when they put a hot iron on their arm or they would walk across burning coals. If the burn didn't heal after three days they were guilty. In those times, they believed that if they were innocent God would help heal the burn faster. They even did ordeal by water, when the person puts their arm in boiling water. After three days if their arm didn't heal then they were guilty. They could also be tossed into water and if the body floats they were guilty but if it sinks then they were innocent, but either way they would die which proves how unfair their trial and ordeal was. Today they don't do anything like that because no one's burn can heal in 3 days. Today, the way people proved if someone was innocent or guilty was a lot fairer and no one would die from