The really big one (part 4)
The knights descend into mercenary anarchy.
6 min readDec 18, 2020
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The flayers
As a preface to the outbreak of the Jacquerie, I did my best to sum up the infuriating uselessness of the aristocracy in arms.
How useless they were really is an interesting question. Certainly they were haughty, cruel, greedy and — as vocal devotees of Jesus Christ, who totally…
