Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… edge of a wood’, British Museum, 1872,0511.957, 1780. Image Challenges to duels and attempts to provoke challenges, many with assault’, The National Archives, KB 33/17/1 Image Rowlandson, Thomas, ‘Preparing for a Duel’, The Met, 59.5333.501, … century as an age of politeness, duels persisted in the eighteenth century, and their endurance cannot be understood without a reflection on their long history, which is also briefly sketched here. Practices > Politics & Society Keywords … century as an age of politeness, duels persisted in the eighteenth century, and their endurance cannot be understood without a reflection on their long history, which is also briefly sketched here. 1 . Keith Thomas, The Ends of Life: …
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