The Duel in Early Modern England

Civility, Politeness and Honour

By:

Markku Peltonen

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Series:

Ideas in Context

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Arguments about the place and practice of the duel in early modern England were widespread. The distinguished intellectual historian Markku Peltonen examines this debate, and show how the moral and ideological status of duelling was discussed within a much larger cultural context of courtesy, civility and politeness. The advocates of the duel, following Italian and French examples, contended that it maintained and enhanced politeness; its critics by contrast increasingly severed duelling from civility, and this separation became part of a vigorous attempt in the late seventeenth century and beyond to redefine civility, politeness and indeed the nature and evolution of Englishness. To understand the duel is to understand much more fully some crucial issues in the cultural and ideological history of Stuart England, and Markku Peltonen's study will thus engage the attention of a very wide audience of historians and cultural and literary scholars.

Author Biography:

Markku Peltonen is Senior Lecturer in General History, Department of History, University of Helsinki.

Release date Australia

March 16th, 2006

Author

Markku Peltonen

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

376

Series

Ideas in Context

Dimensions

154x228x24

ISBN-13

9780521025201

Product ID

1969357

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