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Trial by combat: the real history behind The Last Duel

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How to Win a Trial by Combat?

How do you win a trial by combat? Is it only won by the death of one party? Or can you subdue somebody and win that way? So you you basically need to get the other party to the point where they admit defeat em. And most often that's going to be because they're dead em. As soon as they admit defeat, they 're going to be put to death anyway. That's what this whole thing was trying to prove. Once you've kind of broken your leg or something, they onyo say, ok, i i submit you really until the very last moment,. You do everything you possibly can to win thiss. It seems very counter t iv

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