The History of Dueling Including Narratives of the Most Remarkable Encounters that Have Taken Place from the Earliest Period to the Present Time V1 (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1841. In Two Volumes. Millingen takes a historical look back at the practice of dueling. Contents of the First Volume: Introductory Observations; On Dueling Among the Ancients, and in Olden Times; The Origin of Dueling; Celebrated Judicial Duels; Institution of Chivalry and Duels; Early Dueling in France; Dueling in France During the Sixteenth Century; Dueling in France During the Seventeenth Century; Dueling During the Reign of Louis the Thirteenth; Dueling in France During the Reign of Louis the Fourteenth; Dueling in France During the Eighteenth Century; Dueling in France During the Reign of Louis the Sixteenth; Dueling in France During the Nineteenth Century; Duels Between French Women; Code of Dueling Established in France; French Views of the Character and Duties of a Second, and of the Expediency of Dueling; Dueling in Italy; Dueling in Spain; Dueling in Germany and the North of Europe; Dueling in Belgium and Holland; Dueling in the United States of America; and Dueling in the East.