1467. From a manuscript by Talhoffer depicting trial by combat for resolving legal disputes between Germanic women and men.
This form of legal trial developed due to a 1276 Augsburg law that required women who accused men of sexual violence to fight without a champion if there were no witnesses present to the crime. These judicial duels often begin with the man in a pit or a tub, equipped with a wooden mace, while the woman circles above, slinging or palming a stone wrapped and “loaded” into the sleeve of her chemise. The difference in height is meant to level any physical advantage of biological sex.
This form of legal trial developed due to a 1276 Augsburg law that required women who accused men of sexual violence to fight without a champion if there were no witnesses present to the crime. These judicial duels often begin with the man in a pit or a tub, equipped with a wooden mace, while the woman circles above, slinging or palming a stone wrapped and “loaded” into the sleeve of her chemise. The difference in height is meant to level any physical advantage of biological sex.