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

By Markku , Mandeville , Bernard;Peltonen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780521820622, 9780511061752, 0511061757, 0521820626, 9780511055423, 0511055420, 9780511070211, 0511070217, 9780511490651, 0511490658, 9786610430789, 6610430780
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2064626 bytes)
Series
Ideas in context
Pages
x, 355 pages\374
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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;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 scholars.

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