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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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Peltonen, Markku.
Format: eBook Electronic
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.