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Oddities, Misconceptions, and Facts About the Middle Ages that Made it So Delightfully Strange
In Middle Ages Europe, getting a divorce was next to impossible, and the only way out of a marriage was the death of a spouse or annulment. A woman who sought annulment…
Middle Ages
The True Story of The Last Duel and Judicial Combat
Suppose one had a dispute with one’s neighbor over encroachment on one’s property. In the modern world, one would attempt…
Crime
16 Brutal Realities of Trial By Combat Fighting Throughout History
The brutal, gladiatorial fight to the death between champions in Game of Thrones has reintroduced trial by combat to the…
People
10 Historical Female Duelists and their Duels
One-on-one fights as a point of honor or to settle a score have occurred throughout history. These fights, known as…