Duelling and the Laws of Honor Examined
Author: J. C. Bluett
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Published: 1835
Total Pages: 156
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Author: J. C. Bluett
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Published: 1835
Total Pages: 156
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Published: 1835
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Published: 1835
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Published: 2020-02-16
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780461423945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J C. Bluett
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Lyde Wilson
Publisher: The Floating Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1775413721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838. Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code, but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a closed social caste and standards of behavior quite alien to today.
Author: Chicago Public Library
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 390
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Published: 1827
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Banks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-09-20
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 0747812616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman's honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to engage in a formal and sometimes fatal exchange. Gentlemen considered it their prerogative to fight, despite the illegality of duelling, and figures as prominent as the Duke of Wellington and Georges Clemenceau defended their honour in this way. Why did participants flout the law, what codes were followed, what were the changing roles of the seconds, and what were the consequences for victims and victors? Stephen Banks answers these questions and examines the evolution from Norman trials-by-combat to the formalised duel, analysing the custom's decline in England by Victorian times and its final disppearance from Europe by the twentieth century.