The Last Duel
Subtitle: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: October 12, 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780767914161
Subjects: Medieval; Western Europe - General; History: World; France; History - General History; Wager of battle; To 1500; Legal History; Europe - France; History / Europe / Western; Crime; Dueling; History
First sentence: In the fourteenth century it took several months for knights and pilgrims to travel from Paris or Rome to the Holy Land, and a year or more for friars and traders to journey across Europe and all the way to China along the Silk Road.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Prologu; title: Part one.; title: Carrouges; title: The feud; title: Battle and siege; title: The crime of crimes; title: The challenge; title: The inquiry; title: Part two.; title: The judgment of God; title: Oaths and last words; title: Mortal combat; title: Convent and crusade; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : The quarrel's aftermath; title: About the author