Duel in Early Modern England
Civility, Politeness and Honour
Arguments about the place and practice of the duel in early modern England were widespread. The distinguished intellectual historian Markku Peltonen examines this debate, and show how the moral and ideological status of duelling was discussed within a much larger cultural context of courtesy, civility and politeness. The advocates of the duel, following Italian and French examples, contended that it maintained and enhanced politeness; its critics by contrast increasingly severed duelling from civility, and this separation became part of a vigorous attempt in the late seventeenth century and beyond to redefine civility, politeness and indeed t…
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- ISBN: 978-0-511-05542-3
- EAN: 9780511055423
- Produktnummer: 13815988
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'873 KB
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