Using the hauberk as a metaphor, the book discusses the vast gap between the ideal of feudalism and the reality of its practice. The hauberk, just like the knights, castles and protection it symbolised were all subject to decay and rust.
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Using the hauberk as a metaphor, the book discusses the vast gap between the ideal of feudalism and the reality of its practice. The hauberk, just like the knights, castles and protection it symbolised were all subject to decay and rust.
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