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Different tourneys had different rules.
Chivalry should be considered to be somewhat akin to the pirate code from the Depp movies rather than strict rules. David Hackett Fischer would get mad at you for bringing up the concept anyway.
It was my pleasure. And thank you for taking it to heart. Interpretive bias is a serious problem for historians, and only in th last fifty or so years has anyone really taken it seriously.
If you're interested in it there are two books that I could recommend. Both classics in the field, but their examples are somewhat dated.
Try the following, it's somewhat of a reference book but it's interesting to read through if you have the patience and desire:
http://www.amazon.com/Historians-Fallacies-Toward-Historical-Thought/dp/0061315451/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1317918013&sr=8-1
> Guns, Germs, and Steel
I would not be so quick to dismiss Guns,Germs..etc, as I feel much of the criticism oozes jealousy and ideological sniping. I imagine any book written by an outsider that was so dismissive of their work would inspire this level of loathing.
I am reminded of the reaction to David Hacket Fishers book "Historians Fallacies" in the early 70s. It called a lot of people fools, and what was most intolerable it was proven right over time.
http://www.amazon.com/Historians-Fallacies-Toward-Historical-Thought/dp/0061315451
I have put below a defence by the author and the original review in the UK view of books.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1997/jun/26/guns-germs-and-steel/ - a reply to some critics
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/51
You are grossly misusing historical metaphor if you are attempting to make all of these events equivalent. Here are some books that may offer needed historiographical context: "Lessons" of the Past: The Use and Misuse of History in American Foreign Policy, Ernest May and Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers, Richard Neustadt and Ernest May. Also, David Hackett Fischer's Historians' Fallacies.