| Description |
1 online resource (x, 355 pages) |
| Series |
Ideas in context |
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Ideas in context.
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| 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; 2 The Jacobean anti-duelling campaign; 3 Duelling, civility and honour in Restoration and Augustan England; 4 Anti-duelling campaigns 1660-1720; 5 Politeness, duelling and honour in Bernard Mandeville; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Arguments about the duel in early modern England were widespread. To understand duelling is to understand some crucial issues in the cultural and ideological history of Stuart England, and this major new study will engage the attention of a very wide audience of historians, cultural and literary scholars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-346) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.
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Dueling -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Dueling -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002073465 |
| ISBN |
0511055420 |
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0511061757 (electronic bk.) |
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0511070217 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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0521820626 |
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9780511055423 |
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9780511061752 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511070211 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781139148870 |
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9780521820622 |
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