Episode 526: Gilles de Rais Part II - The Real Gille
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The Hundred Years War and the Nobility
By 1432, the Hundred Years War was all over, but the shouting. The nobles like Jill DeRay were expected to retire to their estates where they could spend their days trying to outdo each other in the realm of decadence. And it probably didn't tickle the king so much that a noble like Jill had engaged in banditry to steal his wife's luggage. "All Charles VII wanted of Jill was to go away, be quiet, and not make any more trouble"
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