The Duel in Early Modern England

Autorentext
Markku Peltonen is Senior Lecturer in General History, Department of History, University of Helsinki.

Klappentext
A pioneering analysis of duelling, politeness and civility in early modern England.

Zusammenfassung
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 and cultural and literary scholars.

Inhalt
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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