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The form of the oath which she was to swear was then communicated to her and the day for the compurgation fixed. She returned home and was quite happy. She and Thorsteinn met and laid their plans. The day now arrived when Spes was to make oath. She invited all her friends and relations, and appeared in the finest clothes that she possessed, with many a fine lady in her train.
Another ordeal was expurgation or compurgation. It was a simple business "as easy as swearing;" very much like a "custom house oath." It was only this: the accused made solemn oath that he was not guilty, and all the respectable men he could muster came and made their solemn oath that they believed so too.
A second world force to modify the status of women Accounts of Caesar and Tacitus on position of women among Germanic peoples The written laws of the barbarians Guardianship Marriage Power of the husband Divorce Adultery The Church indulgent to kings Remarriage Property rights Peculiarities of the criminal law Minutely-graded fines Compurgation and ordeals Innocence tested by the woman walking over red-hot ploughshares Women in slavery Comparison of position of women under Roman and under Germanic laws Influence of theology Sources
Thirdly, even when at their best and conducted by upright judges and officers, the modes of proof in force in the courts Christian were sometimes utterly inadequate as means for getting at the truth. The inquest, or trial by jury, had never been introduced into these courts, where the archaic system of compurgation still lingered.
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