Trial by Combat and Fire: The Strangest Way to Settle a Medieval Religious Dispute

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A medieval king turned to trial by combat and fire to decide a religious dispute in Spain — one of the strangest episodes of the Middle Ages.


Source: https://www.medievalists.net/2025/09/trial-medieval-religious-dispute/
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