Eric Jager (Author of The Last Duel)

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Eric Jager is Professor of English at UCLA, where he teaches medieval literature courses on Beowulf, Chaucer, the epic, and the romance. His other interests include classics, Saint Augustine, the history of the book, and literary theory.

Jager previously taught at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Calvin College in 1979, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1987. He received a research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (1996-1997) and the Weiss/Brown Award from The Newberry Library (2000).

His most recent book, The Last Duel, was adapted for radio and TV by the BBC, and shortlisted by the Crime Writers鈥� Association (U.K.) for the Nonfiction 鈥淕old Dagger.鈥� He is currently writing a book about c ...more

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	The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France 3.97 avg rating — 6,787 ratings — published 2004 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris 3.82 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of the Heart 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tempter's Voice: Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“once the actual combat began, chivalry was dead.”
― Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat

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“As ordeals and duels gave way to confession as a proof of guilt, judicial torture was actually increasing in France.”
― Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat

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“the duel鈥檚 outcome would decide 鈥渢he damnation of the one who is in the wrong, in both soul and body, as a result of the great oaths they have sworn, whence they will be judged by the sentence of God.鈥� After”
― Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat

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