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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Sir Edward on 2011-06-22, 15:34:06
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Wikipedia page about Pierre Terrail LeVieux, seigneur de Bayard
Chevalier de Bayard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_Bayard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_Bayard)
He had a pretty impressive career as a knight, and had a reputation for being above reproach, and being the epitome of chivalry. His life was later in the period, after knights were largely becoming minor nobles rather than warriors, but he was a knight and a warrior. He's often regarded as the last true knight, before the modern world started to take over.
And on one occasion, he reportedly defended a bridge against 200 Spaniards single-handedly.
(EDIT: Altered title to be more informative, as per Sir Joshua's other thread)
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So did Cuchulainn! :)
Of course, not sure if he's historical or fantastical but I do plan to read about this seigneur de Bayard; funny tidbit, I'd always planned on naming my first horse Bayard, after the legendary steed of Renaud de Montalban, Paladin of Charlemagne!
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Impressive! Reminds me of the Marshal.
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He does, he really does.
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An awesome Chivalric Knight! Amazing story! Thank you Sir Edward for sharing!
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Heh, by chance I ran across this wikipedia page again recently. My lady and I just finished watching "The Borgias", and I was looking at the wikipedia pages for the Borgia family that appeared in the show. It turns out that later in life, one of the main characters in the show, Lucrezia Borgia, befriended the good knight Bayard. I wonder if he'll make an appearance in a forthcoming season of the show?
I wonder who they would cast for the part.
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How is 'The Borgias'? I like Jeremy Irons in whatever he does...their story is one of betrayal, lust, intrigue, power, et al...but I wondered at how much action there was.
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Not a lot of action. Some killings, one of which is a sort of night-time duel in the streets. But it's all about the intrigue, politics, etc. Well written and hits most of the "checkmarks" from the history too.
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Would that it could still be so. I think we as humans may have made a mistake when we completely left off letting our sword arms dictate who is right and instead, to talking heads and loud voices who tell us what they think we want to hear.
I think if people actually had to consider whether or not they would be challenged to a duel to the death (or first blood) they would do more thinking and less acting w/out thinking. Just my take on it.