Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video! First 2¢→Some of our favorites: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR0XuDegDqP10d4vrztQ0fVzNnTiQBEAA →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! In this video: While dueling outside of the legal system to resolve a dispute has been around in one form or another seemingly as long as there have been humans, trial by combat (determining guilt or innocence with, essentially, a duel sanctioned by the courts) dates back to around the 7th century CE and Germanic law, becoming a relatively common practice in Europe through the 16th century. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/09/trial-combat-hollywood-invention/ Sources: https://priceonomics.com/a-brief-history-of-trial-by-combat/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_v_Thornton http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/the-duel-between-guy-of-steenvoorde-and-iron-herman/ https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/dispute_resolution/reilly_trial_by_combat.authcheckdam.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenspiegel https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/the-historical-precedent-to-game-of-thrones-trial-by-combat/372016/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_combat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_ordeal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel https://books.google.com/books?id=GJSWG2WSMGMC&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=Adam+Bruntfield+killed+James+Carmichael&source=bl&ots=-kBnHbO1zC&sig=Fj3ZExjfuLyIsy9orZhb4XfWlN8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg_-qVqo3WAhVolFQKHVMbAyIQ6AEILDAC#v=onepage&q=Adam%20Bruntfield%20killed%20James%20Carmichael&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=1uYSDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT83&lpg=PT83&dq=Adam+Bruntfield+killed+James+Carmichael&source=bl&ots=GW9ZvEdvIk&sig=cdvzv2N90B7SffVhsJWslvgvDRg&h