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trial by combat

method of settling accusations within Germanic law by dueling
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trial by combat
Jörg Breu der Jüngere (died 1547), Paulus Hector Mair (died 1579) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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trial by combat

Summary

trial by combat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,307 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trial by combat is a type of trial[2].
  • trial by combat's Commons category is recorded as Trial by combat[3].
  • trial by combat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trials by combat[4].
  • trial by combat's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].

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Definition and Type

trial by combat is a type of trial[2].

Why It Matters

trial by combat ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,307 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wager-of-battle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: wager-of-battle, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289967605|wager of battle (#289967605)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → trial
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546372705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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