The Ordeal

by Henry Charles Lea

Book Overview

Henry Charles Lea was one of the first American historians to use what would later be termed comparative and anthropological approaches to history. Under his pen, the study of the medieval ordeal becomes a study in cultural history.

Reprinted here from the fourth revised edition of 1892, the book begins by tracing the role of the ordeal in non-Western and ancient societies, showing the mental world to which it belongs: a limited trust in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812210611
• ISBN13: 9780812210613
• Release Date: November 1973
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"