A Polite Exchange of Bullets: The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850

Stephen Banks

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A Polite Exchange of Bullets

The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850

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Stephen Banks, University of Reading

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: March 2023
Print publication year:: 2010
Online ISBN:: 9781846158810
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846158810

Subjects:: History, Twentieth Century Regional History

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Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time.

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A Polite Exchange of Bullets

The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750-1850

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-3

1 - Setting the Scene: The Arrival of the Duel and a Brief History to 1750
pp 4-23

2 - Fashion and Physicality
pp 24-42

3 - Politeness, Interest and Transgression: Social Interaction and the Causes of Duelling
pp 43-62

4 - Controversies and Calculations: The Incidence and Distribution of Duelling
pp 63-94

5 - Guts and Governance: Honour Culture and Colonial Administration
pp 95-113

6 - Dangerous Friends: Conciliation, Counsel and the Conduct of English Duelling
pp 114-134

7 - Th e Contest in the Courtroom: Duelling and the Criminal Justice System
pp 135-166

8 - The Years of Decline, the European Middle and the Domestic Duellists
pp 167-190

9 - The Reformation of Space, Place and Mind
pp 191-216

10 - Dishonourable Duellists and the Rationalisation of Punishment and Warfare
pp 217-233

Conclusion
pp 234-242

Appendix
pp 243-288

Bibliography
pp 289-302

Index
pp 303-317

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