The duel in early modern England : civility, politeness, and honour /

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Arguments about the duel in early modern England were widespread. To understand duelling is to understand some crucial issues in the cultural and ideological history of Stuart England, and this major new study will engage the attention of a very wide audience of historians, cultural and literary sch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peltonen, Markku
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Ideas in context.
Subjects:
Mandeville, Bernard, > 1670-1733.
Mandeville, Bernard, > 1670-1733
1500-1699
Dueling > England > History > 16th century.
Dueling > England > History > 17th century.
Duel > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Duel > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Dueling
Duels.
Eer.
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The rise of civil courtesy and the duelling theory in Elizabethan and early Stuart England; 2 The Jacobean anti-duelling campaign; 3 Duelling, civility and honour in Restoration and Augustan England; 4 Anti-duelling campaigns 1660-1720; 5 Politeness, duelling and honour in Bernard Mandeville; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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