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Pistols at dawn : a history of duelling / John Norris.

بواسطة:نوع المادة : نصنصالناشر:Stroud : History, 2009وصف:190 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:
  • text
نوع الوسائط:
  • unmediated
نوع الناقل:
  • volume
تدمك:
  • 9780752447100
  • 0752447106
الموضوع:تصنيف مكتبة الكونجرس:
  • CR4575 .N67 2009
المحتويات:
Cause and effect -- Type of duel -- Giving fire and duelling codes -- Pistols and politics -- The affair of the princ and the pistol -- Female duels -- Seconds out -- Doctors -- Tools of the duel -- The end of duelling.
ملخص:"The practice of duelling developed from trial by combat, a form of dispute resolutin not formally abolished in England until 1818. Most European societies regarded duelling as an acceptable way for a gentleman to defend his honour, and some countries had duelling codes to regulate it, the first being the code duello published in Italy during the Renaissance period. Duelling with swords was very popular among German students, a scar on the face sustained in a duel being seen as a badge of honour (Mensur or academic fencing, which does not involve injury or death, still being popular there). Technically never outlawed in more than half of the fifty American states, including Illinois, Texas and Virginia, it is nonetheless effectively obsolete in the civilized world"--Inside cover.
المقتنيات
نوع المادة المكتبة الحالية رقم الطلب رقم النسخة حالة تاريخ الإستحقاق الباركود
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة CR4575 .N67 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010011105260

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.

Cause and effect -- Type of duel -- Giving fire and duelling codes -- Pistols and politics -- The affair of the princ and the pistol -- Female duels -- Seconds out -- Doctors -- Tools of the duel -- The end of duelling.

"The practice of duelling developed from trial by combat, a form of dispute resolutin not formally abolished in England until 1818. Most European societies regarded duelling as an acceptable way for a gentleman to defend his honour, and some countries had duelling codes to regulate it, the first being the code duello published in Italy during the Renaissance period. Duelling with swords was very popular among German students, a scar on the face sustained in a duel being seen as a badge of honour (Mensur or academic fencing, which does not involve injury or death, still being popular there). Technically never outlawed in more than half of the fifty American states, including Illinois, Texas and Virginia, it is nonetheless effectively obsolete in the civilized world"--Inside cover.

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