[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Theutberga denied the charges and demanded a trial by ordeal. A stand-in jumped into a kettle of boiling water and emerged unscathed, proving Theutberga's innocence.

Is it me, or is this just a tad bit illogical?

[dsc]

"Is it me, or is this just a tad bit illogical?"

I don't know that trial by ordeal has been thought logical for a few hundred years, at least.