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The Combat of the Thirty

by Steven Muhlberger
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781937439026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Freelance Academy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Freelance Academy Press
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  • Pages: 83
  • Original Price: USD 27.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 296 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Military / General

On March 27, 1351, sixty armed men gathered in a field in Brittany, halfway between the two enemy castles of Josselin and Ploermel. Representing the garrisons of those two strongholds, these two groups of thirty men at arms they had appeared in this field with no strategic or tactical goal, other than to make good on their captains promise: "We will go to an open field and there we will fight as long as we can endure it." The battle was fought until all on one side were dead or captured, and no one ran away. This showdown in the fields of Brittany attracted attention in its own time and the story has been retold in many eras since, standing as the subject of romantic inspiration and call to bold action for over six hundred years. But was the Combat of the Thirty an admirable deed? Even in the fourteenth century, opinions were divided: some thought that it was a fight for no sensible reason, "the product of presumption and rashness," while others considered it a great demonstration of prowess, a word that designates a heroic combination of skill and courage. Why did sixty men risk themselves in a fight to the finish on that spring day in Brittany six and a half centuries ago? Why did it attract attention and praise in its time? Why does it interest us still? In this volume Steven Muhlberger translates the historical accounts of the Combat and then examines both what contemporaries thought, and how the battle has been remembered through the centuries, giving readers a window into late medieval chivalric culture. As a bonus, renowned 14th century arms and armour scholar Douglas Strong includes an appendix analyzing the equipment used by English, Breton and French forces on that bloody day in 1351.

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