Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… from the disorder and the general violence of society. In spite of the image of the eighteenth century as an age of politeness, duels persisted in the eighteenth century, and their endurance cannot be understood without a reflection on … had their street bullies, ‘ruffians’, and ‘roaring boys’. 1 In spite of the image of the eighteenth century as an age of politeness, duels persisted in the eighteenth century, and their endurance cannot be understood without a reflection on … of all contention and bloud-shedding (London, 1618). Peltonen, Markku, The Duel in Early Modern England: Civility, Politeness, and Honour (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). The Spectator , ed. Donald F. Bond, 5 vols (Oxford: …
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