Divorce by combat - fancy that?

Many believe that divorce is a modern 19th-century phenomenon. However, there is significant historical evidence to prove otherwise.

As it turns out, settling marriage differences through marital combat was a common practice, it was definitely cheaper than hiring a marriage counselor!

In 1467, a German fencing master, Hans Talhoffer wrote Fechtbuch which literally means ‘Fencing book’. The book, complete with illustrations depicts trial techniques when husbands and wives can no longer get along. He was also an adviser at court in regard to judicial duels.

Married couples took ‘till death do us part’ quite literally.

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