...was dragons and fictional kingdoms and "Winter Is Coming."I asked Rudy Giuliani about his call for "trial by combat" during last week's rally that preceded the Capitol riots. He first explained the concept by referencing Game of Thrones, then rejected the idea that he was referencing physical violence or that it incited the crowd. pic.twitter.com/J6HV5rVBBf
— Brett Samuels (@Brett_Samuels27) January 13, 2021
Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Thought Gibbon made it clear that 'trial by combat' was rooted in 'Jerusalem Law' which prevailed there while the crusaders occupied that city. My impression is that that's where medieval jousts became a thing. It's what Heath Ledger was all about in the Knight's Tale in Chaucer's time, three centuries later.
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