The Last Duel

In the story The Last Duel by Eric Jager, in medieval France, a knight named

Jean de Carrouges challenges Jacques Le Gris, to a duel. The duel was the culmination

of years of bitterness and rivalry between the two men, who had once been friends.The

reason he challenged him to a duel is because this fight is to be determined by God to

find out the truth. Jean Carougges’ wife was a young, beautiful, good, and modest

person. Her name was Marguerite. At this age in time like other woman she was

supposed to to maintain a lady like life style mannerism and be loyal to her husband.

The couple traveled to Capomensil to visit Marguerite’s mother in law. Marguerite

stayed under her watch while her husband set out to find cash, he was very desperate

to find some. When we went away to find cash, his wife Marguerite claimed to have

been raped by the knights old friend and a squire Jacques Le Gris. He was a knight

from a distinguished Norman family, whose volatile temperament had more than once

found him involved in legal disputes. Set during the Hundred Years War, this is the true

story of the "duel to end all duels" in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight

against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife.

According to the legend, the Carrouges line was born of blood and violence.

Jean was born a warrior. In 1830 Jean IV commanded his own troop of squires

numbering from four to many as nine to rid Normandy of the English. He wanted to

burnish the name, steal their booty, and capture prisoners. In 1380 Jean de Carrouges

found a new wife, Marguerite. She was the only daughter of an old Norman family. They

described her as young and beautiful. She managed the household and helped her

husband govern his estate. She would also direct the servants in their daily task and

help anyone if they needed it. Jean had doubted being married to Marguerite because...