@article{ART001371215},
author={Jeong-Min Lee},
title={Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries},
journal={Korean Review of French History},
issn={1229-702X},
year={2009},
number={21},
pages={5-25}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jeong-Min Lee
TI - Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries
JO - Korean Review of French History
PY - 2009
VL - null
IS - 21
PB - KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
SP - 5
EP - 25
SN - 1229-702X
AB - For the purpose of finding out the aspects of the ordeal, as a kind of the feudal judgement around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries, it is indispensable for us to examine the historical traces and the narrative remarks according to the Livre Noir of Saint Florent in Saumur under the title of Codex vetustarum donationum niger nuncupatus with 167 charters, more or less. This important cartulary enables us to meet a number of the precious informations about the feudal court of justice and the ordeals, as the judicium Dei, in this period.
To accomplish this task, in first, we examine the feudal court of justice which depends on the witness, the oath and the duel for the lack of the documents and the evidences. It is possible to say that the feudal judgement will be influenced not by the truth of the case but by the economic and political support of the accuser or the accused. Secondly, we can see that the ordeals are divided to two types by the method to practice. The one is the unilateral ordeal by the trial with the water, the fire, the metal and so on. The other is the bilateral ordeal what we called the duel by combat. Under the belief of the omnipotence of God and the divine intervention, we look into the ordeal to find the innocent or not be, to claim the right and to testify the truth through the trial. Finally, we are interested in observing the attitude and the hospitality for the ordeals in the feudal world in spite of the series of the ecclesiastical criticism.
In cutting the Gordian knot, the ordeal bearing the power of the persuasion seems to reflect not only the mentality of the Christianism but also the judicial characters of the feudal life under the existence of the violence and the bellicosity by the armed as well as the lack of the documents and the evidences around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries.
KW - Le Livre Noir de Saint Florent de Saumur;feudal judgement;
ordeal;unilateral ordeal;bilateral ordeal
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Jeong-Min Lee. (2009). Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries. Korean Review of French History, 21, 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. 2009, "Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries", Korean Review of French History, no.21, pp.5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee "Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries" Korean Review of French History 21 pp.5-25 (2009) : 5.
Jeong-Min Lee. Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries. 2009; 21 : 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. "Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries" Korean Review of French History no.21(2009) : 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries. Korean Review of French History, 21, 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries. Korean Review of French History. 2009; 21 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries. 2009; 21 : 5-25.
Jeong-Min Lee. "Reflection on the ordeal around Saumur in the XIth and the XIIth centuries" Korean Review of French History no.21(2009) : 5-25.
