Superstition and Force Essays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture
CHAPTER IV.
THE GOTHS AND SPAIN. Influence of Roman institutions on the Goths 456 Torture under the Ostrogoths 457 Employed by the Wisigoths—details of its use 458 Transmitted by them to modern Spain 461 Legislation of Las Siete Partidas 462 Final shape of torture system in Castile 466