Chapter III: The Origin of Duelling

Association of Brute Courage with Superstition.--Religion
and Love.--Barbarous Courage of the Northern Nations.--Personal
appeal to arms traced to their irruption in the Fifth
Century.--Universal militarism.--Decision of Differences by
brute force.--Establishment of Ordeals.--Judicial Combats.--Law
of Gundebald, King of the Burgundians.--Mode of conducting
these Judicial Combats.--A Burgundian Conflict described.--Lady
Spectatresses.--Duel between Baron des
Guerres and the Sieur de Faudilles.--Mode of conducting Ordeals
and Judicial Combats.--The Weapons.--Form of Denial.--The
Gage.--Duels by Proxy.--Bravoes, or Champions.--Trial
by Hot Iron.--Trial by Hot and Cold Water.--Ordeal
of the Cross.--Ordeal by Balance.--Ordeal by Poison.--Ordeal
by Hot Oil.--Antiquity of the practice of Ordeals.--First Fire
Ordeal.--Story of Simplicius Bishop of Autun.--Account of a
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