Download or read book The History of Duelling in Two Volumes Vol I written by John Gideon Millingen and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The History of Duelling (in two volumes) Vol I by John Gideon Millingen
Download or read book The History of Duelling in two volumes Vol I written by John Gideon Millingen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The History of Duelling (in two volumes) Vol I by John Gideon Millingen
Download or read book The History of Duelling Vol 1 2 written by J. G. Millingen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-12 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Duelling in two volumes is a historical work by British author J. G. Millingen. In this chronological account, author deals with the custom and tradition of duels from the dark age of civilization to the closest examples in modern age. Concerning the dueling among the ancients, author offers examples of Achilles fighting Hector, Turnus and Aeneas and other examples from Greek and Roman history. However, he makes a distinction between these legendary combat duels and later personal duels which were prompted by different causes and reasons. Religion and love are emphasized as two main triggers that caused numerous duels throughout the history. Due to sources and documents, the book mostly deals with duels in France and Britain, but also covers this practice and tradition in other European parts and countries.
Download or read book The history of duelling written by John Gideon Millingen and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The History of Duels Volumes 1 2 written by John Cockburn and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume study of the history of dueling examines the practice from its origins in medieval Europe to its heyday in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on a wide variety of historical sources, including judicial records and personal diaries, Cockburn offers readers a detailed and immersive look at the culture of honor and violence that characterized the dueling tradition. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book HISTORY OF DUELLING 1841 Volume 2 written by J G Millington and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The History of Duelling Vol 2 of 2 written by J. G. Millingen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Duelling, Vol. 2 of 2: Including, Narratives of the Most Remarkable Personal Encounters That Have Taken Place From the Earliest Period to the Present Time According to the maxim of the law Of England, there is no rule more distinctly stated than that slaying, in a deliberate duel, is wilful murder; yet at all times considerable difficulties have arisen in this admission and construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The History of Duelling Volume II of 2 written by J. G. Millingen and published by Echo Library. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Gideon Millingen (1782-1862) was a British Army surgeon and author. Born in Westminster, London to parents of Dutch descent, he was educated in Paris where he achieved his medical degree. He became an assistant surgeon in the British Army in 1802, serving in the Peninsular War and won a medal at Waterloo. He retired from the army in 1823 and was appointed as a physician to the military asylum at Chatham and Hanwell. His published works include a musical farce, a number of novels, a book of medical anecdotes and this History of Duelling published in two volumes in 1841. The second of two volumes.
Download or read book Pistols at Dawn written by Richard Hopton and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duelling is embedded in our collective consciousness, through numerous films and books. This book traces the history of the duel from its medieval antecedents in trial by combat and chivalric tournaments. Using numerous accounts of actual duels, it shows how the arcane rules of the duel evolved.
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Download or read book Dueling in the Old South written by Jack Kenny Williams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the social custom of pistol dueling in the antebellum South documents the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. Also included is a popular dueling code from the year 1838 by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governer of South Carolina.--From publisher description.
Download or read book History of Duel written by J. G. Millingen and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Duel in two volumes is a historical work by British author J. G. Millingen. In this chronological account, author deals with the custom and tradition of duels from the dark age of civilization to the closest examples in modern age. Concerning the dueling among the ancients, author offers examples of Achilles fighting Hector, Turnus and Aeneas and other examples from Greek and Roman history. However, he makes a distinction between these legendary combat duels and later personal duels which were prompted by different causes and reasons. Religion and love are emphasized as two main triggers that caused numerous duels throughout the history. Due to sources and documents, the book mostly deals with duels in France and Britain, but also covers this practice and tradition in other European parts and countries.
Download or read book The History of Duelling Volume I of 2 written by J. G. Millingen and published by Echo Library. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Gideon Millingen (1782-1862) was a British Army surgeon and author. Born in Westminster, London to parents of Dutch descent, he was educated in Paris where he achieved his medical degree. He became an assistant surgeon in the British Army in 1802, serving in the Peninsular War and won a medal at Waterloo. He retired from the army in 1823 and was appointed as a physician to the military asylum at Chatham and Hanwell. His published works include a musical farce, a number of novels, a book of medical anecdotes and this History of Duelling published in two volumes in 1841. The first of two volumes.
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