The Real Three Musketeers
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- In the “The Three Musketeers” Alexandre Dumas and his co-author Auguste Maquet take the reader to 17th century France to witness the adventures of the four brothers in arms. However, the romantic tales and adventures of the swashbuckler of Dumas’ novel shatter into pieces stand in stark when contrasted to the harsh and brutal reality of the Musketeers of the King’s Guard. This video is part of the history collaboration project France and sets out on the tracks of the real musketeers. It explains how modern historiography characterizes both, the corresponding historical characters, and the Musketeers of the Guard as a military unit.
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Literature:
Bertière, S., Dumas et les « Mousquetaires ». Histoire d'un chef-d'œuvre, Paris, 2009.
Bordaz, O., D'Artagnan et les mousquetaires du roi (1622-1775) (Histoire & documents), Baixas 2018.
Chartrand, R., French Musketeer 1622-1775, Oxford 2013.
Drévillon, H., Les Vrais Mousquetaires, Lecture at a conference in the Musée des Armes on 28 March 2014.
Renaudau, O. (Ed.), Mousquetaires!, Paris 2014.
Masson, R., Les mousquetaires ou la violence d'État (Le temps de la guerre), Paris 2013.
Rivault, C., A MOI MOUSQUETAIRES! LA GARDE DU ROI (1622-1815), Pau 2016.
Wilmart, J., Des chevaux et des mousquetaires dans le Paris des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, in: Histoire urbaine 44 (2015), S. 21-40.
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I would recommend this free audio version. Although amateur, the narrator did a good job. librivox.org/the-dartagnan-romances-vol-1-the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas/
Perhaps you should use the links for yourself because it is clear to me that you didn't read the novels. For example, you state early on that the three musketeers is about going on an adventure to protect the king of France, but the focus of the first half is saving the Queen, then the later half is about saving the Duke of Buckingham and d'Artagnan's love interest. Of course, that generalizing statement also do not apply to the other two novels, but I'll avoid spoiling it to you further, though I must go with one last spoiler; you also stated that d'Artagnan arrived in Paris with a letter of recommendation, however that letter was stolen before he came to the city.
Idk if you read these but could you be so kind as to share what the music was, played @ 4:56? I hear it all the time in your videos and I just vibe with it. Tysm for your time
i really appreciate how you respect (and not respect just as in lipservice, but frank explanation) and try to encapsulate the feeling of history. sometimes some creaters seem overly focused on dispelling a myth and going to the exact opposite end, instead of exploring how an interpretation was fostered and what semblances of truth it had while still recognizing its plasticity and some differences it may have to actual history.
just got to say, i love your work, it was really interesting seeing how the famed musketeers were in their day and in their poplar form of the 19th century. and those little excripts about duels and the whole mindset of the guard was great too.
Do you think it at all possible for you to cover the Titles of Dolphin of france and other dukes, counts and kings? for- all nations that you feel like covering? That would be fantastic, thanks!
Also, your khantent is far superior to other channels that already cover this kind of history with only just simple squares and circles and what not; I prefer your animation style far more, even if it is just a little bit janky.
For us Frenchmen, it is sometimes painful to pronounce the endless names of our nobles, i can't imagine for a non-French speaker 😂
I just take a big bite of peanut butter and talk with my mouth full. To non french speakers it's close enough.
Don't worry. As a foreigner, I just count the consonants as silent and extend the vowels.
no its not painful, It's wonderful to see that there are countries in which people belong to one country, but not only speak different dialects regionally, but also have other names that sometimes even reveal their origin, I'm German, and I know that from my country , the citizens of places like Munich or Frankfurt speak very differently than the inhabitants of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen or Berlin, only the regional differences in the naming of children, unfortunately that never happened in our history (as far as I know)
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It wasn't their names so much as their titles. Nobility would often be referred to their titles rather than their actual name. For example the actual name of D'Artagnan was Charles de Batz. His family added the adjective "de Castlemore" (of Castlemore) which was the castle and lordship they held. Charles de Batz was then later created Count of Artagnan i.e. Comte d'Artagnan which is where the last piece comes. Artagnan is an actual place as well...Charles' mother was actually of the family of Montesquiou who owned Artagnan and were thus often designated (like the Batz family) as Montesquiou d'Artagnan. Charles' comital title was created in reference to his mother and her family. Italians did the same thing.
In England and Scotland they would also do the same in a sense as well, while they wouldn't actually add their titles to the name like in France, they would refer to themselves by titles...so f.e. one of the most famous Dukes of Norfolk...Thomas Howard (4th duke) would be simply referred as "Norfolk" or "Lord Norfolk" or "His Grace Norfolk", etc. His father (also famous...he defied Henry VIII of England) was Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and was simple referred as "Lord Surrey". And so on and on.
In Germany for example they would simply add the names of their titles/possession hyphenated...for example Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and so on. The same practice was followed in Habsburg monarchy (Austria, Hungary, Croatia, etc.).
In Spain and Portugal they would add surnames from their father and their mother plus refer themselves by titles so in a sense hybrid between French-German style of reference.
But we love the characters. And Dumas's great stories. Don't laugh at us for mispronunciations.
The real history of the the Musketeer's is much more impressive than the usual romatic portrayal. Beautifully put together.
They are not THAT different, in essence every aspect is in the books even through a romanticized pov. The usual problem is that most people have read the abridged version that leaves out alot.
@@kairosquerencia4011 !a7
Just call them Three Privileged White Men
@@chamade166 so privileged that they get to be shot at.
Just like all the fun they had in wwl trenches
It was a violent job for a violent time. Stop
Romanticizing
History
It's not fully historically accurate and is romanticised, but the novel did inspire comradely and bravery in generations of young boys, and many good sticks were destroyed in fencing duels
That’s awesome😁
A lot of guard units around Europe have the same recruitment basis. You pick the scions of the lower nobility, people who have time and conviction fitting to a life guard unit or household troops. But not so high up that they might get ideas themselves. A few of these units also form a training ground for future officers in the royal army.
As an American, it’s a real treat to hear excellent summary of this unit, and to learn more about France’s amazing history. Well done, and thank you!
‘As an American’ 😆
@@MisterBloo42
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A whole high quality French history project??? I happily accept this belated birthday gift 😁😁🇫🇷⚜️⚜️⚜️
Happy birthday how belated?
cardboard box turned 27 on aug 11!
@@chrisleonard2066 I'm 27 now so you not far behind me. I don't want to reveal to much of my personal information but within a year probably.
Belated happy birthday in this pandemic!!
Edit: this is going to be here forever so a few years from now there still going to say HBD, just a thought.
“You seem to be quick with ur words,”. “ I’m quicker with my sword “””. “Ah , a duel then??”
That movie was my introduction the the Musketeers as a child. I've loved the story ever since. I read every book, watched every adaptation, and read fanfiction. ⚜️
@@angelofmercies4602 Oliver Platt was the best part of it. Porthos the Pirate.
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"IT'S PORTHOS THE PIRATE. AAHHH!!!!" ( jump overboard)
D'artanian: "Pirate"?
Porthos: "I told you I was famous".
As a kid, I could never understand why they were called "the three musketeers". I always thought they should have been called "the three swordsmen".
I was more troubled by the fact that they are 4 :p
Indeed "The Three Swordsmen (三劍客)" is the most common translation for the title of the novel in Taiwan while "The Three Musketeers (三槍俠/三個火槍手&三銃士)" is the translation they adopted in PRC and Japan.
The novel had a great impact on modern Chinese literature and inspired Louis Cha to be a prolific author in the WuXia genre (武俠). Truly, the influence of the classic piece of art by Alexandre Dumas on Romanticism and Historical Fictions is well beyond the borders and its legacy cannot be overstated.
@@Cancoillotteman D'Artagnan was not counted as part of the three. In the books he is not part of them till 2/3 of the way through.
Same here. Until I learned how muskets worked and the time period these stories occurred. Putting two and two together, I figured out just how elite the Musketeers were then.
@Marmocet 300 years from now people will start asking the same question: Why were they called Influencers when they're really content creators.
I bet muskets were the prestigious weapon of choice back then, any man fortunate enough to carry it on him alongside a sword would prefer to be called a musketeer instead of a swordsman. If you carry a lightsaber to war would you rather call yourself a swordsman or a Jedi?
This reminds me, particularly the graphics, of a line from one of the popular 3 Musketeers movies (I don't recall which one -- somewhere in the 70's to the 90's.) The line went something like, "... the primary weapon of the musketeer: the sword!" I thought that was rather odd. One would have thought that the primary weapon of the musketeer would be the musket.
Well muskets were, but it's not quite as romantic / epic than a sword, isn't it ? ^^
Swords are for the duel, muskets are for war. Unfortunately, many adaptations cut the part (The Siege of La Rochelle) where they do use the muskets.
I grew up watching every Musketeer movie I could. The Musketeers series on BBC is the absolute best period based show I've ever seen. It's a shame it only lasted three seasons.
If you are a fan of Musketeers and haven't seen the BBC series, you are missing something great.
I ADORE The Musketeers. It was the first fandom I joined heh
OMG, I have always adored them! I didn't know there was a BBC series (I hope I can get access), nor a fandom, but I guess I too joined it when I was a teenager!
@@melinarodriguez8395 look it up!! Recommend 120% it’s absolutely brilliant 🤩
@@nightstorm16 I definitely will! Thank you!
The BBC series was absolutely aweful! The costumes were all historically incorrect, if was too anachronistic and woke.
The Musketeers were like The Secret Sdrvice and Special Forces all rolled up into one.
Probably commit far fewer atrocities too
Oh how I love to immerse into these adventurous stories!
The stuff dreams are made of!
The 6 books that tell the story of the musketeers written by Alexander Dumas are my favorite books… reread them all the time!
This was excellent. You've earned a sub. :)
As an historical fencer though, I have to point this out.
See how the rapiers have complex hilts with rings and shells and bars and whatnot ahead of the quillions?
This is so that you can loop a finger over the cross which increases leverage and allows the weapon to point more naturally without canting the wrist.
🇧🇷 saudações Brasil
Vc parece saber muito de esgrima poderia me ajudar por favor ?
Pode me dizer qual o modelo de espada ropera que era usada na França ?
Se a guarda era a moda Espanhola com guarda em taça, copo, tigela ou sino
Se era em arame na moda italiana
Chamada espada de lazo
Ou se era a ropera com guarda em concha
Se souber me informar a postura ou a escola francesa de esgrima francesa ou adotada pela França
Eu ficaria muito grato
( Desculpa o texto muito grande )
Mas é q eu estou desenvoltendo um RPG de mesa aqui no Brasil durante o séc 15 ( segundo datas parece q as espadas roperas surgiram apartir desse século )
Entao quero fazer alguns duelos de esgrima mas cada personagem seja português, espanhol, italiano, francês e inglês com sua espada e forma característica de se esgrimar
You gave him a sub for this fake ass blog. Look up Dumas and you will find out about the real musketeers.
Love that Skyrim references in 5:12
Overall nice video
I love "the Three Musketeers"! I finished "twenty years after" yesterday. A bit of a slow starter, but it takes off at the half-way point.
What about it took off?
@@tywyatt2228 The return of the Musketeers?
Three bitches on me like the three musketeers
Oddly enough when I actually read the first novel after having seen the films, I thought it was closer to being a spy novel than a swashbuckling one
Well done! French and had no idea it was so close to true stories on the personal and political level! Crazy stuff and very interesting.
This was excellent as always. Thank you so much!
Dumas was a master of historical fiction. I loved reading him.
Alexandre Dumas wrote fictional stories to sell books ! He wrote numerous books, mainly because he was interested in becoming a rich man
and had lots of debts !
@@RayB1656
He must have also been paid by the word, or paragraph- because 'The Three Musketeers' ended up being some 700 pages long.
Never use three words when you can do the job with 21...
@@OcarinaSapphr-
His publisher often requested from Dumas, overlong/extended stories,
the Paris population at the time, was eager to have more and more
of such stories, mostly mysterious cloak and dagger novels .
Probably, similar to todays high demand for
Hollywood' DC Comics movies and adventures.
@@RayB1656
Thanks for that interesting tidbit!
Excellent subjects to cover! Thank you!
Wonderful channel. Keep up the amazing work please, i can't get enough of your videos !
I m from far east... from India and city Kolkata... but I m very fond of the novel and story 3 masketters... it is available as book with our native languages (translated).... stage drama... radio drama also...
as well as I love to read the count of Monte Cristo also...
Count of Monte Cristo is an awesome book I'll never forget
Thank you for the video! I researched D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. It is good to see it put together in such a good video. The Musketeers are very popular in Russia and many other countries. Even the video is in English, many people will enjoy it.
Great video. I loved how informative it was. This channel is one of the great ones.
Son what a great day!! Not only is it Friday but my new favorite channel has uploaded a new video!!!
Spectacular video and thrilling subject! You are able to produce very, very enjoyable videos my friend!
Loved your artwork for this, very nice to look at!
They made good candy bars too.
Recently in one of our radio show, we have heard 3 novel by Alexander Dumas, the 3 musketeers, its sequel & the count of Monte Cristo, we absolutely loved all of these!! We are keen to know more about the rich history of France. Love from India🎉
"The king had to order a captain to shoot any musketeer advancing before the line" XD
So now we know where Warhammer 40K Kriegers came from ^^
Excellent analysis!
I admire your research...well done
Wieder ein spannendes Video. Good work as always
I love the fact that you used cartoon fox Robinhood! I still get the songs stuck in my head from time to time.
1:40 *Shows Disney's animated Robin Hood.*
Ah, I see you are also a man of culture.
FANTASTIC Video!!
Very well done!
A very interesting and informative video. Thanks for this.
Well done. The cool animations help and keep it entertaining.
Merci bien pur cette vidéo!
I loved the books most of the movies.
Do a biography on French Revolutionary general THomas Alexander Dumas.
Probably the more personal inspiration for the dashing character of d'Artagnan, as written by his son.
Sadly, Alexandre Dumas didn't really knew him personaly (his father died when he was five, from old wounds inflicted during his captivity).
There is another good youtuber that has vidoes on him I think
Really amazing, good job.
Thank you.
Alexandre Dumas is a great writer and has a pretty interesting heritage - his father was a very successful French general during the revolutionary wars and, along with Toussaint Louverture, remained the highest ranked Black officers in the western world until 1975!
Awesome video SandRhoman. Glad I could take part in this collab with you. Merde!
Important to remember too that General Dumas mother was a slave. When his aristocratic father took him back to France to train to be a gentleman, the rest of the family including his mother remained as slaves. I often wonder what happened to them. I would like to think that their lives improved and that they had descendants like Alexandre himself
More the reason to like him (both father and son).
I've been told that when the official Paris liberation parade was being prepared, the USA flatly objected to any colonial or otherwise black or colored troops taking part in it (as it was originally planned) and thus it became a white-only parade.
Actually, Alexandre Dumas was a great idea guy, but most of the talented prose in the books was written by his ghost writer.
@@giovanniacuto2688 Document records paint a picture that the mother of Dumas was left as the caretaker of part of the estate and she and the sisters lost their slave status at some point, possibly even before Dumas was taken to France. There seems to have been little relationship between what their legal status was and practice too. After the Haitian revolution it seems they owned a plantation or farm somewhere. Most of the documents of purchase and sale were lost so we only get things that imply this is what happened, including letters from Dumas.
@@Altrantis It's heartening to know that there was a positive outcome.
I had the Classic comic in 1950.Great story.
i love this episode! I really love the novel and some of the movies and did not know that the guys were real
Glad to see you use the image from the greatest robin hood film.
I actually really love the Russell Crowe version.
edit: always love that cartoon though
Merci beaucoup! :-)
I did'nt expect this for at least two weeks, how??
Very well done.
Great video!
When you said easier to read and being more accessible, I immediately thought of Victor Hugo lol
I love his works and all but damn they are an experience to read through unabridged
Ironic considering each time he spoke of events happening in the book, he got those events wrong, almost as if he didn't read them.
@@doigt6590 he most likely didn't read them. All three consolidated collections are like 200 hours. Don't be a Richard.
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 Fine, but then he shouldn't talk about it and spread misinformation.
I once attempted to read a VH story; after spending what seemed like three pages reading the description of an eye, i closed the book and sold the whole set!
@@bedstuyrover lol
Other books of this style are le Bossu, Cyrano de Bergerac ou capitaine Fracasse.
I wasn't ready for the accent :D good job!
These guys are literally the Blades. FOR THE EMPEROR AND THE BLADES!!!
Great!
I was actually reading the 3 Musketeers book now. lol.
I remember reading the first book a while back. It kinda suffers from originally being released in a serial manner.
There are often double takes on characters and events, as the original readers might have had forgotten about stuff that they read months ago.
Reading the book in a short time frame you obviously wouldn't forget, so it gets a bit annoying.
@@Thraim. "Previously on Le Siècle's Three Musketeers..."
Have you reched the siege of La Rochelle yet?
These guys do a great job, love the videos. I stumbled on the channel by luck a few weeks ago and happy I did. Anyone know what nationality the host is? German, Austrian? His pronunciation of French and Italian is great!
,Dutch.
The Patreon page states that both creators are Swiss and their native language is German.
While the historical part of the video was great, the few times he mention the books he is completely wrong. Anyone who has read them in their entirety will spot the many factual errors.
I think the thing The Three Musketeers does get wrong is the depiction of Cardinal Richelieu, there is no evidence he was ever disloyal to the King, while there is a lot of evidence that he was very loyal to France and did everything he could to strengthen the King, and while he was very powerful and Pragmatic he wasn't as cold and calculating as he is often portrayed, a good example of this was at Le Rochelle where he besieged the city that was in revolt, as soon as the siege ended he brought food to the people inside and pardoned all but three people, who were the instigators.
In short, the real King's Musketeers would have enjoyed reading the stories of their fictional counterparts very much.
Yeah, I can see it:
"Dear de Portau, listen to this story abour your golden belt..."
"What? Outrage! I will send my witness to that monsieur Dumas immediately! And you, monsieur d'Athos, you should read his depiction of your drunken escapade in certain country inn."
"Grimaud! Send my witness too!" :)
@@theobluebird7283 Nice!
The fifth musketeer is always forgotten
He left, you know, before they became famous.
Avec son tromblon chargé de spaghetti à la sauce bolognaise!
Strangely enough there is an old french kid series about the fifth musketeer ....they called him albert .
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That's who I thought of too
This channel is great! I'm learning something new everyday.
1:57 adore those 2 films ❤.
Wow I didn’t know any of this!
11:00 the legendary musketeer disintegrating disruptor weapons
Loved your video. I hope one day you do similar service to "Cyrano de Bergerac". The Gerard Depardieu version is my favourite movie of all time.
One thing I would like to know is the truth of what my French teacher told my French class (decades ago) when we were doing Rostand's play. She claimed that one of the names for the scarf which French colonels wore into battle was: panache. The panache was worn to draw fire in the heat of battle thus protecting his troops so they could succeed in their mission. She explained that in the dying soliloquy of de Bergerac where he says, "This way my panache", he was saying that that his lot in life was to draw the pain ('fire') unto himself so that others, like Christian de Neuvillette, could succeed.
Also, what are the chances that one of the 'claims' leveled in the play; that Molière may have 'lifted' some of the contents of de Bergerac's plays and used them as
his own is historical?
Man you're contents are just pure amazing but I think you should add some subtitles cuz' non-natives like me are having a hard time figuring out those French and English and names lol
What is the music used at 5:00 ?
Haha, this video about the 17th century is like a game of 'Musketeers Gunpowder vs Steel'!
It's incredible how musketeers back then were like the original FPS players. Pew pew pew with their guns!
But seriously, I'm starting to think that the 17th century was just a big historical cosplay convention. They took role-playing to a whole new level!
Awesome ⚜️⚜️⚜️
Amazing - more vids like this please!
Would love to see Robin Hood
Uno para todos y todos para uno!
Rank increased, nice!
This was every instructive. I had to hold myself everytime the narrator says "Marazin" 😅
Great stuff!!! I could watch videos on the glorious days of Le Ancien Regime. Soo much AMAZING feats . The most Christian Kings and the Knights throughout the thousand plus years. DIEU Le ROI
Crazy idea for a bait and switch video game
Presented as a swashbuckling adventure game or exploration / camping game
Ends up as a horror game where you have to survive besieging a fort
Your French is very good, good job! :)
Can you make a video about the gun powder plot
@ 4:42 Cardinal "Marazin"? 😅 Who's that?
how about Louise de Vallier and the Vicomte de Bragiellione the trajedy of Raul who lost the love of his childhood friend to Louis XIV was a pretty good piece
What always confused me, was, in every one of numerous adaptations, and in the original story The Three Musketeers, there aren't 3 of them, and there are no muskets. It should be called: The Four Swordsmen.
That's because D'Artagnan doesn't officially become a true musketeer until after the first adventure is done and the Cardinal offers him the chance for the promotion. Until then, he is adventuring with the eponymous three musketeers of Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
They still fought with swords and guns in 1600s .. learn history thank you
Yeah, and to kill a mockingbird is about a court case, it should have been called "to pursue and attain justice for a wrongly accused person regardless of the times or current political attitudes."
The real count of Monte Cristo story is amazing to me.
Thanks for this. I sometimes wonder if they ever real. One thing, from looking at the both the Movie version and the Latest Robin Hood movie with Jamie Foxx, is the Cardinal in that time Really Evil or Bad or is that just Fantasy?
Dueling was done away with due to its effectiveness.
finally a comment that is not something stupid or a meme
@@clintmoor422 I wish I knew more about the history of dueling. I suspect that dueling was able to keep the 3 levels of society (poor, middle, rich) in check by allowing anyone to duel anyone (within the bounds of the law). If you ran your mouth or were lying and slandering, you could not be a coward and hide behind the legal system, you had to face your adversary or renounce your accusations.
If dueling was implemented again, I suspect it would eliminate a lot of the legal shenanigans like nuisance lawsuits. Who would dare to throw around petty lawsuits when your life is on the line. Politicians would be more wary of lying to the public.
I suspect that a certain tribe advocated for dueling to be outlawed because dueling held them accountable in a "do or die" way.
@@eightywight Problem is you can't duel corporations, state entities, NGOs and so on.
@@Altrantis Corporations and other legal entities have existed in the past when duel was around, so I can imagine there were legal precedents for things like that. It would require someone to go looking it up.
They could have a champion to fight on their behalf
very well done. would you consider doing a presentation about 20 thousand leagues under the sea?
So the Mustketeers were both the Navy Seals and the Secret Service rolled into one.
11:55 That reminds me of the meme about the Death Korps of Krieg
12:25 That's so ironic considering that the Cardinal's guards were then ones to break up the duel between D'Artagnan and Athos on the grounds that dueling was illegal.
gud voice vely gud graphics, GG dude more views are on the way
At ~ 11:50 The Leroy Jenkins Penalty - Under threat of being shot for charging in ahead of the team.
1:41: at first, I heard "...Robin Hood or Sorros for example..." - ouch... :o)
MaZarin. Not MaRazin, as told twice.... Besides this, it,s very good... Thxs
Very interesting. What I find most fascinating they had sword fights like we had gun fight in the west USA.
4:41 it's cardinal Mazarin not Marazin
The Three Musketeers : On one of the many time-travel trips Superman took courtesy of PROFESSOR CARTER NICHOLS he and the Dynamic Duo wound up in France in the year 1696 during the reign of Louis XIV. As a result they shared an unexpected adventure alongside the legendary Musketeers Athos,Porthos, and Adam is,along with D'Artagnan, bringing about the downfall of the king's" evil 🙈 chancellor"Bourdet! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
They were similar to the fictional Jedi. I wonder if Lucas had Dumas’s story in his mind somewhere.
Why is it that the "Three Musketeers" NEVER have freaking MUSKETS?????
There's a point in the book when they serve in the field during a siege. They carry their muskets then.
Even in the book, remember the moments when Athos teaches Raoul to sudenly raise the horse on 2 legs to sacrifice the horse in face of a gunshot. Or when during Beauforts nightly escape, the musketeers clash (unknown to them they are facing each other because of darkness) and recognize each other by their fencing tehnique AND the habbit of using the pistol as an aid in fencing
They all had muskets, even two different types, and using them often. Muskets = Musketeers ! In the novel of Dumas and this is not shown, the author wanted drama and fast action...therefore using a rapier ( rapière, in French ) was a better choice for a story ! His novel the Three Musketeers is not totally historically correct... it is a novel for entertainment , which became quite popular in France and abroad ! Dumas, made a fortune with his books, he had an extravagant life, he was in need of money.
Musketeers: "WE ARE...The THree Musketeers!"
d'Artagnan: "Great! What are armed with?"
"Swords!"
"Uh..."
Of course, it's much more entertaining for us in modern times to imagine swashbuckling adventures, but we also need to accept that what happened in the 1600's and 1700's wasn't a movie. I approach it as accepting what real life has always been, with that little touch of fun and sass that has also been real life. In other words, there's always a little something stuck between the lines, whether it's 1690, or 1981. Life is just like that....
As a kid living in the UK, this story confused me. It presented the French musketeers as an elite fighting force. Meanwhile my history teacher was telling me, that the British musketeers of the Civil War, were the absolute bottom of the military hierarchy. Bizarrely, both interpretations have stood the test of time, as I have gained knowledge!
Really depends on what kind of musketeer we talk about. The three musketeers were part of the king's guard so they were an elite sort of musketeer. Not all of musketeers were elite troops indeed