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What was a duel in the penultimate year of the tenth century, when barbarism and civilization went hand in hand?

Is it a knight contest?

Also use the easy-to-break applewood rough lance?Garbage stuff, trash unfit for battle, disposable toys.

Also dress up as a knight in costume and abide by the corresponding dueling system?Nonsense, who will play these with you on the battlefield.Axes, hammers, and flails, even stones, will do when they can kill you.

But a duel is not a joust.

Duels are really deadly.Tournaments, on the other hand, are a simulated gathering of knights, similar to hunting and outings.

When things go wrong, fight a fight, and whoever wins is right.This kind of atmosphere has permeated the martial-minded Western European society for a long time, so that even church members with immunity are not spared. Like women, they need to find an agent to replace themselves to participate in the duel, and they will be unlucky if they lose.

But, are duels not legally binding?

It's really legal.Since the sixth century this judgment by duel, popular in Germanic societies and inherited from barbaric societies, has been vigorously alive.From kings to populace, all are keen to use their fists to settle major political disputes, or just trivialities between neighbors.

So why do duels have the force of law, and kings and nobles are keen on it, but the church doesn't care?

The simplest explanation is that the church has nothing to do with it.

It's as if gangsters are always going to fill the void that the government can't see.Dueling is actually a primitive way of judging without resorting to the law.Its most important nature is not to kill, but to solve problems.

The winner takes all, and the loser eats the dust, which is very in line with the violent and greedy side of human nature.

It does not need to consider whether it is justice, the only consideration is who has the bigger fist, which is also in line with the simple cognition of the people with the average prenatal education level, and the basic behavioral logic of the barbaric society.If you talk to them about canon law or Roman law, they would rather beat you to death with one fist than listen to your nonsense.

It is this kind of behavioral logic that does not consider the root of the problem and solves the problem simply and rudely with fists, which makes duel directly have legal effect, and has remained as a social cancer until modern Western society.

Although it had a certain degree of legitimacy in the dark and chaotic time, and could solve disputes quickly, it must be a barbaric gene that will be abandoned with the times.

But as time went by, the duel became more and more prominent in two aspects.

The first function is to provide social entertainment.Regardless of whether dueling the dead is considered entertainment, voodoo still has living sacrifices.Whether it's watching a fist-to-blood fight, or a feast for the whole village after a dead person, it's always a good thing.

The second is to provide a step for the lower class to quickly accumulate prestige and break through class restrictions.Many duelists have built their reputation on dueling.There is no shortage of low-level nobles who take this opportunity to rise to the top.

By the way, the duel here refers to the simple duel in the primitive Middle Ages.It is not the honor duel in history, the formal honor duel, with honor duel etiquette, using muskets and swords to compete, appeared in Italy in the 16th century, and quickly became popular throughout Western Europe.It was not until the 18th/19th century that it ended at the legal level, but it still maintained vigorous vitality in folk culture.

And, if you are accused, you can fight that person directly to decide the outcome.If you feel that the judge's judgment is inaccurate and you are suspected of framing, you can also directly fight the judge.If the judge is a priest, he will send a proxy to fight you.

Occasionally, the bishop would personally come down and beat people with bruises and bruises.Many bishops are well-known gang leaders. The higher the reputation, the better they can fight, and they can organize thousands of people to write about fighting.

Very medieval.

Therefore, after Huo Teng proposed a duel, if Fulma III, the Earl of Briscoe, did not accept it, he would still be despised.

But Fulma III, although old, was not stupid.

"Boy Huo Teng, there is a quarter-blood griffin donated by a halfling, hmph, do you think you can defeat me with this?" Fuerma angrily scolded Huo Teng's childishness in the tent, "Young man, you still have to fight me!" Learn one more."

The knights led by Earl Briscoe nodded.

indeed.

The territory of Fulmar III was located in Brisgau, that is, in the valley of the Bris River, which is a tributary of the Saar River, which in turn flows into the Rhine through the Moselle River.

So Briscoe's trade is actually not bad.

And it was through this trade route that Earl Fulmar obtained a monster from Italy—the scorpion crocodile.Scorpion crocodile is a free translation, and its real name is Talabek.

Therefore, the next day, when Huo Teng appeared at the duel scene riding a half-half griffin, holding a sea dragon gun, and greeted the cheers of the soldiers, this aura was quickly suppressed by Fulma III on the opposite side.

It turned out that Fulma III appeared riding an extremely thick and huge monster about two and a half meters long.

It has a body like a monitor lizard, a huge crocodile-like mouth, and a long tail with a venomous stinger, but because it is too dangerous, the stinger was artificially cut off.Its gray-black scales were as cold as steel, which made Kuai Ling suddenly frowned and chirped continuously.

This is the monster from medieval historical motifs, Talabek.

Of course, the scorpion crocodile is not as powerful as the griffin, but the scorpion crocodile is a pure-blooded adult, while Huo Teng's griffin is only 1/4 of the blood, and his physique and strength are inferior to the opponent.

"Crash!"

Huo Teng was dumbfounded, but he could only bite the bullet.

There was no etiquette in the duel at this time, but as monster knights, both sides showed their desperate energy.

Huo Teng's Sea Dragon Spear provided the characteristic of 'Destroy Charge', which made Huo Teng know that he had to charge to solve the problem.

However, Fulma III on the opposite side was not stupid. He specially prepared a shield and put on two layers of chain mail, just to prevent Huo Teng from playing dexterous tactics around him.

Although knights have their own systematic combat education, unfortunately, it is not yet systematic at this time.

Huo Teng has the lethal warrior among his personal skills, but he has only acquired offensive combat skills; Fulma III is older and his mount is not flexible enough, so the two of them separated by about one meter distance and used their long spears to spread out. Already... a very boring fight.

Huo Teng's iron spear could not pierce Fulma III's shield and armor, and it was difficult for Fulma III to make a violent counterattack.

When the two monsters were also helpless against each other, the situation reached a stalemate.

Huo Teng drove the fast spirit to turn again and again, and then launched a destructive charge, hoping to pierce Fulma's chain mail with inertia.But the first layer was pierced, but the second layer could not be broken; Earl Fulma urged the fat Talabek monster to bite, turn around, and even flicked its tail that had no poisonous hook, but it couldn't catch it and run like the wind. fast spirit.

Seeing that this fight was not going to be the result, Huo Teng immediately used his brain and began to think about how to win through outside moves.

At this time, the knights on both sides had basically discovered that no one could do anything to the other.

This surprised most knights.They did know Horten, but only that he was bold and came from weak priesthood.However, it was seen that Huo Teng was inextricably fighting with a very famous fighter in Upper Lorraine.

"This Huo Teng is very powerful."

The knights praised Huo Teng's bravery.

An hour later, Huo Teng and Earl Fulmar were forced to shake hands and make peace, and returned to the camp to continue preparing for the battle.

Because both sides are exhausted.

But the difference is that Earl Fulmar's morale has dropped significantly, while Huo Teng's army has continued to rise.

……

Therefore, Huo Teng just took this opportunity to meet with the mistress of Saarburg, Mrs. Shara.

He set up a tent in the wild and greeted Mrs. Shara's pony carriage.

At this time, Mrs. Sharah was still a lady with a delicate and curvy figure, with a charming and noble figure. Her graceful figure was hidden in a conservative white dress, and she had a bit of invisible mature charm.

"I haven't seen you in half a year, but you are still so charming." Huo Teng smiled wryly and embraced Mrs. Shara.

"Sure enough, you are not a devout believer, otherwise the contraceptive method of hanging children's teeth should be effective." Mrs. Shala did not feel that she was at a disadvantage, and even complained that Huo Teng was not devout enough.Otherwise, that nonsense contraceptive method should be effective.

Success is a gift from God, and failure is impiety to God. This is also a common double standard.But Mrs. Sharah was right, Huo Teng would not believe in God, he even escaped fasting.

Huo Teng smiled wryly: "There's nothing...forget it, I'm a devout Christian, and there's nothing wrong with that. But, do you have a way to make Fulma III retreat? If you continue to fight like this, I'm afraid you will suffer heavy losses .”

"Yes, of course there is. But the problem is... the piece of land Fulma III wants is a town under the name of my former father-in-law Siegfried. I must not betray my father-in-law." Mrs. Shala told the truth .

It turns out that the territory of Brisgow is actually the part of the Briss River flowing into the Saar River, which is a tributary of a tributary.Between the Saar River and the Mosel River that flows into the Rhine River, there is another area used for trade transshipment, called the Moselle High.At this time, the population was small, but there was a prosperous market, which was the southeast corner of Luxembourg and belonged to Siegfried.

Fulma III arrogantly demanded to maintain the unity of the country. In fact, the main thing he wanted to attack was Mrs. Shara, who tried to exchange for the Moselle through war.

Siegfried helped Huo Teng, but if Huo Teng wanted to negotiate peace with Furma and retreat, he had to harm Siegfried's interests, and he would avenge his kindness.

How can this be good?

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What is so good about the Middle Ages that people keep mentioning it from time to time?

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the uniqueness of all ancient civilizations and histories.As for the Middle Ages itself, it is probably the unique original atmosphere represented by the "my monarch's monarch is not my monarch, and my vassal's vassals are not my vassals", as well as the combination of Christianity. special cultural atmosphere.

But I have to mention that in the Middle Ages, where primitiveness and civilization coexisted, the phrase "my daughter's daughter, or my daughter" was a shameful act of incest that seriously violated church law in the Middle Ages. Anyone who dared to cross the wall between father and daughter, They will all be expelled from the church and severely punished.

Although it is said that whether it is the Roman Kingdom in ancient times, or the Republic of Rome before the 2nd century BC, or a series of kingdoms established by the Germans, in fact, there are relatively encouraging non-second parents (referring to the relationship between father and daughter, etc. ) of an incestuous marriage.On the one hand, it is because everyone is related by blood, the family is the same, and they get along better, and on the other hand, it is to ensure that the family property will not fall into the hands of outsiders.For example, marrying the daughter of one's own uncle, that is, a cousin; for example, marrying a stepmother home;

Especially marriages with stepmothers and adopted daughters are rather a fantasy that many people in modern times can only exist in small green forums.

But Christianity will never allow you to do similar things.Although they may not be able to completely put an end to incest with close relatives, they are very ruthless in controlling the marriage of close relatives.In the early years, Christianity even banned the marriage of six and seven generations of relatives. It was found to be difficult to control afterwards. If this continues, no one can get married, so it is narrowed down to three generations of blood relationship (three relatives).So if Germany has been following the laws of the church, then there will be an embarrassing situation where you can't find a partner to get married and you can only be a bachelor.

Next door is King Robert II of France, who is known for his fanaticism and piety. As the owner of the French island, he is very much looking forward to expanding his territory.So last year he tried to marry Bertha, the widow of the Count of Blois on the east side of Paris.And this Bertha is also of royal blood in the Kingdom of Burgundy. The Blois region she controls includes Reims, Sens, Troyes, Champagne, etc. At that time, the Great Plains in the east of Paris, if married to the royal family, It is a good thing that benefits both sides.

But it was precisely because King Robert and Lady Bertha were third-generation blood relatives that the pope was furious and directly played the card of "excommunication", kicking Robert II, who is known for his piety, out of the church.

The one who was in charge of doing the knife himself was Pope Sylvester II, the first French-born Pope in the history of the church. His own people slapped their own people in the face.Such ruthlessness shows how ruthless the church is on the issue of incest and incest.

The topic returns to why the Middle Ages attracted Horten himself.

Because the scale is large enough.

You can do whatever you want.

After failing to settle Fulma III in a duel, he surveyed the troops in Brisgow's territory, hoping to defeat them from the side.

But, at least they are wealthy mountain leaders relying on trade routes. The Bliss High Mountain Militia Regiment that appeared first, these soldiers wearing cloth armor and good at throwing short spears, there are a full 300 soldiers who can go far and near; The Sergeants of Bliss High Spears who spend more money, although these sergeants enjoy less than a hundred acres of arable land per capita, they are quite wealthy and each has a piece of iron armor.

In addition, there are also peasant archers, hunters, and so on.

Looking at the rows of spears and iron armor, as well as the javelin array that is extremely lethal at close range, although they are not good at attacking the city, the field battle is probably enough to make Huo Teng eat a pot.Kind of like a Swiss Guard.

Huo Teng could drag over a hundred knights in one wave, but the result is likely to be a disastrous victory that consumes a lot of money.

Even failed miserably.

"Fortunately, we just happened to start the war in the early stage of spring plowing, and the farmers on both sides did not have the will to fight." Huo Teng lamented his luck.If it was a little later, I'm afraid we would have to prepare for a hard fight.

"Then you want to go? Are you also a guy like Andreas?"

When Mrs. Sharah heard what Huo Teng meant, she immediately became nervous.She even leaned forward a little and grabbed Huo Teng's hand.

By the way, Mrs. Shara took advantage of the siege to send envoys to Archbishop Rudolf of Trier, hoping to get a divorce.

Christian marriages are rare.Because God said: "A man shall leave his parents and be united with his wife, and the two shall become one flesh", so "What God has joined together, man shall not separate."

As mentioned earlier, there were only two and a half grounds for divorce in the Middle Ages. The first is against the original text of the Bible [Anyone who divorces his wife, if not for the sake of adultery, makes her an adulterer], that is, the wife has cheated; the second is relatively simple. , refers to the death of one party, ending the marriage relationship.The remaining half, in fact, is that if one party does not believe in Christ, they can divorce at will.

In actual development, divorce can be filed if the husband and wife cannot fulfill their obligations, such as male impotence and female infertility.

After Dean Andreas ran away from Göttingen, Horten dragged Göttingen by himself to defeat the Saxon invaders, which made Andreas famous.In addition, he has no territory, is a priest, and his wife is cheating and pregnant, so Andreas instantly became the laughing stock of Upper Lorraine.Everyone knows that he is timid and incompetent, and his wife is pregnant with an illegitimate child.

For this reason, divorce has become imperative.But the question is what grounds for divorce.

This incident was brought up in front of Rudolph, and Andreas believed that his wife had committed a crime of obscenity; Mrs. Shara believed that her husband could no longer perform his sexual obligations.

Both sides had reasons, and both had moral flaws, which became a real case for the priests in Upper Lorraine to debate scriptures.

Mrs. Sharra was under a lot of pressure.

I'm busy getting divorced and guarding my castle.

Huo Teng hurriedly said, "No, I won't leave. I'm just thinking that there are many opponents in his territory."

indeed.

Bristol is a mountainous area with little food production, and there are not a lot of rogue knights and local snakes.Among the enemy troops who besieged Worms before, they were mainly these hooligans from the mountains.

Although they were defeated by Huo Teng's deceit, a large number of robber knights and bandits fled back to their hometowns, pretending nothing happened and continuing to farm.

"You want to buy them?" Mrs. Sharra's eyes lit up, as if she saw the direction in which life should continue to move forward.

Huo Teng nodded: "That's right. I want to release the military slaves and send them to encourage the nobles of Briscoe to rebel and force the Earl of Fulmar to retreat."

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People often imagine the Middle Ages as a hierarchical society with strict hierarchy, where the king is the king and the ministers are the ministers.

But in fact, in this millennium-long history, in the simple division of early, middle, high and late periods, Huo Teng lived in the middle of the Middle Ages. The period of barbarian invasion everywhere, religious confrontation surged, and robbers.

Of course, from the beginning to the end of the Middle Ages, due to heavy feudal oppression, peasant uprisings never stopped, especially after the high middle ages, that is, after the 13th century, as the conflict between people and land surged, peasant uprisings set off a frenzy like mountains and seas.It’s just that such uprisings are mostly hidden in religious fanatic riots, tax resistance and other activities, and due to factors such as few records and disastrous failures in most cases, there are few famous peasant uprisings.

Huo Teng also knew that simply inciting farmers to rebel would not succeed.

So he hired a few people with a lot of money, specifically to find the more famous rogue knights in Bristol, and let these "social activists" do things.

……

Brisgow, is a very large territory, including the hills of the Bris River and part of the Saar River valley.The undulating hills have brought a large area of ​​forest and slope resources here, but it also makes it only connected by water, and there is almost no famous town.Both the economy and the inhabitants exist in large tracts of villages.

In fact, the most famous city in Brisgow is the capital, Saarbrücken, a simple castle remodeled from a remnant fortress of the Franks centuries ago.At the beginning of this year, it was divided to Briscoe with the support of the emperor.Prior to this, Saarbrücken was under the jurisdiction of Bishop Metz.As for the Earl of Metz, Adler Northenburg, not only has no control, but also has no qualifications.

This is the current situation in the empire.The emperor's territory, the duke's, the earl's territory, the bishop's jurisdiction, etc. are intertwined, and the territories of many nobles are also enclaves that are not adjacent to each other.manage?There is only management, no reason.As long as there is no chaos, as long as the nobles receive money, they can do whatever the village does.Most of the villages and towns that grow wildly are not yet qualified to become towns.

Saarbrücken means bridge over the Saar River.To put it simply, it is a place where cards are set up to collect taxes.