Cruentation
Medieval test for a suspected murderer
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Cruentation
Medieval test for a suspected murderer
Cruentation (Latin: ius cruentationis 'law of bleeding' or ius feretri sive sandapilae 'law of the bier') was one of the medieval methods of finding proof against a suspected murderer. The common belief was that the body of the victim would spontaneously bleed in the presence of the murderer.
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Cruentation (Latin: ius cruentationis 'law of bleeding' or ius feretri sive sandapilae 'law of the bier') was one of the medieval methods of finding proof against a suspected murderer. The common belief was that the body of the victim would spontaneously bleed in the presence of the murderer. Cruentation was used in Germanic law systems as early as the medieval period, whence it spread to Germany, Poland, Bohemia, Scotland, and European colonies in North America. The practice is mentioned in the Germanic epic poem Nibelungenlied, which was written around 1200. It continued being used as a method to determine guilt of murder in Germany until the middle of the 18th century.
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