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