Justice / Feudalism / Middle AgesA trial by combat; submitted to the judgment of God; circa 1450.(Two knights in armor are fighting a duel; this duel; under the aegis of Justice; was to designate the guilty one; that is to say the one of the two knights who would be the loser. The Archangel symbolizes the judgment of God And various witnesses attend this duel. Trial by combat (also wager of battle; trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat. Gradually disappearing in the course of the 16th century).Engraving (1862) from a 15th century miniature; Private Collection.