Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER VII.
CHAMPIONS.
Originally kinsmen 179 Employment of champions becomes general 180 Hired champions were originally witnesses 182 Punishment for defeated champions 184 Professional champions—their disabilities 186 Efforts to limit the use of champions 189 Champions of communities 196 of the Church 197