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“When [royal officials] tried to push into town politics they were often rebuffed again. One of them, around 1350, had made sterling efforts to stop the illegal duel between the sergeants….; but, having failed, the king’s representative was next seen hanging over the duelling fence, urging the contenders on as loudly as the next man.”
— Jul 27, 2026 10:28AM
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"History keeps memorials of the great, the saintly or the vicious, but we may pine for the chance to hear about men and women more like ourselves: common folk. Marques was preserved, in effect, in the tittle-tattle of his neighbors. Reading the documents about the jug of gold, we hear the ancient equivalent of lace curtains being moved aside."
— Jul 24, 2026 02:07PM