Autonomic Ordeals
Associated Documents (1)
| Main Author | Published Year | Title | Document Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts, John M. | Oaths, autonomic ordeals, and power | Chapter | |||
Associated Hypotheses (2)
| Main Author | Published Year | Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts, John M. | 1967 | "Ordeals . . . are strongly associated with patrilineal descent. . . . Oaths are more generally distributed [among descent types]" (178) | |
| Roberts, John M. | 1967 | "Reliance on oracles in the trials was also linked with the presence of ordeals" (185) |