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Chapter 37 THE JOUST, SAXON AND NORMAN.

"The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded."-Burke.

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The time had now come about on which De Montfort had promised his daughter to Vigneau. As was the wont invariably of the Normans, the ceremony must be preceded by the usual festivities, the most marked of which was the tournament, or fea

            
            

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