"Medieval Divorce Duels Were A Wild (But Fair) Brawl" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Dec 2020 4:49 p.m. PST |
"As we've mentioned previously, getting a divorce in the Middle Ages was a hard process -- literally. The only way a man could stop his wife from leaving him was to get a full-blown erection in the middle of a cold, calculating courtroom proving he was up to the task to perform his sacred husbandly duties. But if they wanted to avoid the ignominy of pushing rope in front of a judge, there was one way to dig themselves out of that hole. All they needed to do was to invoke the ancient rite of trial by combat. And then crawl back into the hole…"
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| Amalric | 15 Dec 2020 1:35 p.m. PST |
Armand,
Thank you for this.
Talhoffer's book is always good to look at, and on Cracked of all places. |
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