Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… on their long history, which is also briefly sketched here. Practices > Politics & Society Mots-clés Antagonism Aristocracy Disorder Gentleman Honour Law Masculinity Mundanity Religion Duelling was not simply an English affair, but … série, n° 3-4, 2016) pp. 379-82. 6 . Quoted by V.G. Kiernan, The Duel in European History. Honour and the Reign of the Aristocracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 80. Against Duelling Francis Bacon was of course involved in the … by the Puritans, and Cromwell issued a proclamation against it in 1654. Under the Restoration, the return of the aristocracy made duelling more frequent. Duels endured in England in the eighteenth century and the law which condemned …
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