The age of the routier and écorcheur returns as a company of freebooters in knightly costume rob the organisers of a French medieval fair at sword point and escape with the takings.
Telegraph article here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... tival.html
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Knighttime robbery
- LoveHistory
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A shot at some decent plunder was always high on the list of incentives for knights heading off to war The knight's code of chivalry was a rather romantic convention that often had little to do with reality - for example it didn't apply to anyone who wasn't of noble birth, so you could massacre peasants or footsoldiers without too much compunction.
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Talking of knights, there's a new series (about how the image of the male has evolved) starting on BBC Radio 4 next week - Monday morning 9.00 for those who can listen to it live - and knights are featured in the first programme, with William Marshal featuring. Next week's RT also has an article on the series which mentions the Marshal quite a bit.
Currently reading "The Whitstable Pearl Mystery" by Julie Wassmer