Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 214
and ten other French knights, and elevenSpaniards, before the walls of Tranni. The national honour alone was themotive of these two celebrated duels; but they were only the exceptionsto the rule. It almost seems as if the nobility, in their efforts to cling tothe shadow and the memory of the… … Place Royale and the Pre aux Clercs were often watered with the blood ofthe best families of France. In vain did Henry IV. and Louis XIII. issue Y CHIVALRY. the most stringent edicts against this barbarous custom ; in vain did thedecree, called the decree of Blois, render nugatory all letters of…
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