Summary of Eric Jager's Blood Royal

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#1 On October 14, 1407, two condemned men were brought to the gibbet at the Montfaucon hill in Paris. The execution was attended by a crowd of spectators, who were there to watch the two hanged men struggle and kick their way out of this world and into the next.

#2 The provost of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, led the procession that day. He was the city’s chief of police, judge, and district attorney. He enforced the trade statutes governing silk makers, armorers, and other artisans’ guilds.

#3 Guillaume de Montmorency was the provost of Paris, and he was in charge of enforcing the king’s laws. He was a highly intelligent and cultivated man, and he was loyal to the king.

#4 Guillaume was a man of letters as well as a knight, diplomat, and officer of the law. He was also a man who was devoted to the law and to his family. He had a wife and a daughter, and he lived with them in the city.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543492

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On October 14, 1407, two condemned men were brought to the gibbet at the Montfaucon hill in Paris. The execution was attended by a crowd of spectators, who were there to watch the two hanged men struggle and kick their way out of this world and into the next.

#2

The provost of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, led the procession that day. He was the city’s chief of police, judge, and district attorney. He enforced the trade statutes governing silk makers, armorers, and other artisans’ guilds.

#3

Guillaume de Montmorency was the provost of Paris, and he was in charge of enforcing the king’s laws. He was a highly intelligent and cultivated man, and he was loyal to the king.

#4

Guillaume was a man of letters as well as a knight, diplomat, and officer of the law. He was also a man who was devoted to the law and to his family. He had a wife and a daughter, and he lived with them in the city.

#5

The University of Paris, known as the daughter of the Church, had been an independent corporation with its own royal charter granting it special rights and protections. For example, students and professors were considered clergy and thus under the jurisdiction of the Church courts.

#6

The execution of the two men took place at Montfaucon, a small village near