(PDF) The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France Writen By Eric Jager

The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France

By : Eric Jager

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"In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a huge crowd gathers at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death meant to "prove" which man's cause is right in God's sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the devastating Hundred Years' War between France and England, as enemy troops pillage the land, madness haunts the French court, the Great Schism splits the Church, Muslim armies threaten Christendom, and rebellion, treachery, and plague turn the lives of all into toys of Fortune." "At the heart of the tale is Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques Le Gris, her husband's old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her. The knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI, the highest judge in France. Amid Le Gris's vociferous claims of innocence and doubts about the now pregnant Marguerite's charges (and about the paternity of

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Author : Eric Jager

Pages : 256 pages

Publisher : Crown

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : B000FC2ISA

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