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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France ISBN: 0712661905 ISBN13: 9780712661904 The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France By: Eric Jager Publisher: Century Format: Hardback Our Price: 9.89 Discount: 34% RRP: 14.99

This is the gripping, atmospheric true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife. In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death - a trial by combat meant to 'prove' which man's cause was right in God's sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the tumultuous fourteenth century, a time of war, plague, and anarchy, as well as of honour, chivalry, and courtly love. The notorious quarrel appears in many histories of France, but no writer has recounted it in full, until now.


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In 1386, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death. This book tells the true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife.

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