The Field of Honor; Being a Complete and Comprehensive History of Duelling in All Countries: Including the Judicial Duel of Europe, the Private Duel ... Noted Hostile Meetings in Europe and America - Hardcover

Truman, Benjamin Cummings

9780266800446: The Field of Honor; Being a Complete and Comprehensive History of Duelling in All Countries: Including the Judicial Duel of Europe, the Private Duel ... Noted Hostile Meetings in Europe and America

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ISBN 10: 0266800440 ISBN 13: 9780266800446

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Excerpt from The Field of Honor; Being a Complete and Comprehensive History of Duelling in All Countries: Including the Judicial Duel of Europe, the Private Duel of the Civilized World, and Specific Descriptions of All the Noted Hostile Meetings in Europe and America

Antony sent a challenge to Caesar; still, duelling as an institution undoubtedly took its rise, as has been heretofore stated, about the middle, or possibly at the commencement, of the seventh century, although authorized, according to Blackstone, in 501 by Gunde bald, king of the Burgundians.

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