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For anyone interested in this period, especially in the thought world of medieval people, this book is a must. The book is packed with illuminating facts for instance, the decline of such judicial combats as a means of establishing the guilt or innocence of the accused, went hand in hand with an increase in the use of another means of establishing the truth, namely torture. Then Carrouges’s young wife claimed that Le Gris had raped her, hence the judicial combat – to the death. As young squires in the service of their lord they had been friends, but over the years, hostility had grown between them. 130570251 night 130531484 ca 130326009 hard 130054708 texas 129399241 oct. The two protagonists, Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, came from very different backgrounds: Carrouges of an old, noble family, Le Gris from humble origins. The crime was rape, and the setting, late 14th-century France. And, it’s not easy to grasp or explain hurling’s rules. Sold for 25. The required skill setincluding the ability to catch a hard ball with one bare hand and hit it with accuracy 7.

The book is a detailed account of one such combat and the events which led up to it. Karen Finley The Truth Is Hard To Swallow LP '87 Gary Panter Robert. A fascinating insight into the medieval mindset, a world in which people believed that the question of who had committed a crime could be settled by judicial combat to the death between the accuser and the accused.

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