LAW/TRIAL BY ORDEAL/EMMA
Emma ( - 1052) aka Aelfgifu, widow of Cnut, proves her innocence by walking over red-hot plow- shares. Tried by Ordeal at Winchester
Picture No
10045710
Media ID
47224276
Size
3064px x 4741px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Walker after a drawing by Wale in Cooke's Universal British Traveller (1779) page 348
Date
circa 1035
