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Spoiler alert: The following story includes details from the historical account behind the new film “The Last Duel” and narrative twists specific to the film. Eric Jager’s 2004 book, “The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France,” is a case of truth being stranger than fiction. Giving Women a New Voice Matt Damon as Jean …
They had once been good friends, but on a cold winter's day in December 1386, French knights Jacques Le Gris and Jean de Carrouges fought bitterly in front of their king. Above: An illustration of the aftermath of the battle shows Carrouges holding Le Gris's head before the king Afterwards, whilst Carrouges was hailed as hero, Le Gris's naked body …
Ridley Scott’s medieval #MeToo drama The Last Duel opens big as it sets the stage for a 1386 duel to the death between two armored combatants on horseback. Just as the first blow is about to be struck, the story cuts to 26 years earlier, when the two combatants, the knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris …