Status Updates From The Last Duel: A True Story...

Devastating knowing how few protections there were for women. The acts which made a knight honorable or dishonorable, were closely related to the status of those they interacted with, and how they and their victims were perceived. It’s heartbreaking.

“So if in theory rape was a serious crime for which the law provided heavy penalties, in practice it often went unpunished, unprosecuted, and even unreported.”

It’s interesting how many complicated layers there were leading up to the duel itself and how the conflict ran so much deeper than one act.

“The risks of marrying a traitor’s daughter were minor compared with the damage Jean inflicted on himself by quarreling over Aunou-le-Faucon.”