The history of duelling : including, narratives of the most remarkable personal encounters that have taken place from the earliest period to the present time /
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London :
R. Bentley,
1841
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Table of Contents:
- V. 1. Introductory observations
- On duelling among the ancients, and in olden times
- The origin of duelling
- Celebrated judicial duels
- Institution of chivalry and duels
- Early duelling in France
- Duelling in France during the sixteenth century
- Duelling in France during the seventeenth century
- Duelling during the reign of Louis the Thirteenth
- Duelling in France during the reign of Louis the Fourteenth
- Duelling in France during the eighteenth century
- Duelling in France during the reign of Louis the Sixteenth
- Duelling in France during the nineteenth century
- Duels between French women
- Code of duelling established in France
- French views of the character and duties of a second, and of the expediency of duelling
- Duelling in Italy
- Duelling in Spain
- Duelling in Germany and the North of Europe
- Duelling in Belgium and Holland
- Duelling in the United States of America
- Duelling in the East
- v. 2. Duels in Great Britain and Ireland
- Duels during the reign of George the Third
- Duelling in various countries, from the accession of George the Fourth, in 1820, to the year 1841