Editing Emma of Normandy (section)

==The Ordeal of Queen Emma==
[[File:The ordeal of queen emma - blake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|''The Ordeal of Queen Emma'' by [[William Blake]].]] The Ordeal of Queen Emma by Fire at Winchester is a legend that seems to have originated in the 13th century. Queen Emma was accused of unchastity with Bishop [[Ælfwine of Winchester]]. In order to prove her innocence, she was obliged to undergo the ordeal of walking over nine red-hot [[plowshare|ploughshares]] placed on the pavement of the nave of [[Winchester Cathedral]]. Two bishops conducted the barefoot queen to the line of red-hot ploughshares. She walked over the red-hot ploughshares, but, having sought the protection of [[St Swithun]], whose shrine is at Winchester, felt neither the naked iron nor the fire.{{sfn|Dugdale|1693|p=6}}{{sfn|Reid|1885|pp=20–30}} [[William Blake]] did an illustration of the event.
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