Duel judiciaire (Trial by Combat). Enamel plaque depicting a duel between two medieval French knights. 12th century. Trial by combat was a method to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of the fight was proclaimed to be right.

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