Definitely my favorite Medieval trial by ordeal, the Trial by Cake involved swallowing a dry lump of consecrated bread, or “corsned,” without choking, turning pale or shaking.  If he failed to swallow, the Anglo-Saxon “judgement of God” was against the accused; he was condemned. Trial by Cake Unsurprisingly, the Trial by Cake was an easy A, although a story goes that Godwin, the Earl of Kent, choked on a lump of bread after solemnly swearing that he had had no hand in the assassination of the king’s brother. Maybe take a grain of salt with that story. The Trial by … Continue reading Trial by ordeal? I’ll take Trial by Cake, please