The Duel in Early Modern England : Civility, Politeness and Honour.
A pioneering analysis of duelling, politeness and civility in early modern England.
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Language: | English |
Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
Series: | Ideas in Context
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- CIVIL COURTESY
- HONOUR
- THE DUEL
- INSULTS AND LIES, CHALLENGES AND RAPIERS
- THE STANDING OF THE DUEL
- 2 The Jacobean anti-duelling campaign
- 'TO PREVENT THESE PERNICYOUS DUELLS'
- THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE
- 'A KINGLY LIBERTY'
- 'CIVILIZED WITH DEATH'
- 'SATISFACTION FOR ALL KINDS OF OFFENCES'
- 3 Duelling, civility and honour in Restoration and Augustan England
- THE RESTORATION OF COURTESY, CIVILITY AND POLITENESS
- DUELLING, REFLEXIVE HONOUR AND THE RESTORATION OF CIVILITY
- DUELLING AND THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
- 4 Anti-duelling campaigns 1660-1720
- ANTI-DUELLING CAMPAIGNS
- RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ANTI-DUELLING ARGUMENTS
- CONTESTED CIVILITY
- ANTI-DUELLING ARGUMENTS AND THE DEFINITIONS OF CIVILITY
- 5 Politeness, duelling and honour in Bernard Mandeville
- BERNARD MANDECVILLE AND THE TRADITION OF CIVILITY AND DUELLING
- SELF-LIKING, HORIZONTAL HONOUR AND POLITENESS
- POLITENESS, PRIDE AND DUELLING
- DUELLING, POLITENESS AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETY
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- MANUSCRIPT SOURCES
- BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD
- BRITISH LIBRARY
- FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D.C
- HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA
- PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
- PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES
- PRINTED SECONDARY SOURCES
- Index.