Duelling Stories of the Sixteenth Century from the French of Brantôme
Author: Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme (seigneur de)
Publisher:
Published: 1904
Total Pages: 306
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Dueling Stories of the Sixteenth Century
Author: Pierre De Bourdeille Brantome
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781498143455
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The Sixteenth-century Italian Duel
Author: Frederick Robertson Bryson
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
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Author: George Herbert Powell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781017404227
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The Sixteenth-century Italian Duel; a Study in Renaissance Social History
Author: Frederick Robertson 1878-1962 Bryson
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781014613455
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The Duel
Author: François Billacois
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780300040289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a study of the phenomenon of the duel in sixteenth and seventeenth century France - the period of the Valois and early Bourbon monarchies.
Duels and Duelling
Author: Stephen Banks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-09-20
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 0747812616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman's honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to engage in a formal and sometimes fatal exchange. Gentlemen considered it their prerogative to fight, despite the illegality of duelling, and figures as prominent as the Duke of Wellington and Georges Clemenceau defended their honour in this way. Why did participants flout the law, what codes were followed, what were the changing roles of the seconds, and what were the consequences for victims and victors? Stephen Banks answers these questions and examines the evolution from Norman trials-by-combat to the formalised duel, analysing the custom's decline in England by Victorian times and its final disppearance from Europe by the twentieth century.
Hank Reinhardt's The Book of Swords
Author: Hank Reinhardt
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Published: 2009-08-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1618247336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The sword is the most revered of all of man's weapons. Although the club is older, the knife more universal, and the firearm much more efficient, it is to the sword that most decoration, myth, mysticism and reverence has been given. The katana has been called "The Soul of the Samurai," the Vikings lavished love, care and attached wonderful names to their weapons. The sword has been the symbol of Justice, of Vengeance, and of Mercy. No one artifact has so captured the imagination as has the sword. As our society has grown more and more advanced, and more reliant on technology, there has been an increased interest in the weapons of the past. The romance of the sword is very much alive¾but movies, books and fiction of all types have romanticized the past, and particularly the sword, beyond all recognition of the real thing. Drawing on information from grave excavations, illustrations of battle scenes, and many classical and medieval literary sources, this book discusses how contemporaries showed swords were used. Building on Oakeshott and other authoritative writers on the subject, this volume, representing ten years of writing and a lifetime of experience, will add to the body of knowledge of the history of swords by illustrating not only the beauty of the form of the sword, but also their beauty of function. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Touché
Author: John Leigh
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015-06-08
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0674504380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many of the West’s best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh’s literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world.
The Last Duel
Author: Eric Jager
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2005-09-13
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0767914171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • “A taut page-turner with all the hallmarks of a good historical thriller.”—Orlando Sentinel The gripping true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France as a resolute knight defends his wife’s honor against the man she accuses of a heinous crime In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight fresh from combat in Scotland, returns home to yet another deadly threat. His wife, Marguerite, has accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape. A deadlocked court decrees a trial by combat between the two men that will also leave Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris. What follows is the final duel ever authorized by the Parlement of Paris, a fierce fight with lance, sword, and dagger before a massive crowd that includes the teenage King Charles VI, during which both combatants are wounded—but only one fatally. Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. The Last Duel is at once a moving human drama, a captivating true crime story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue with themes that echo powerfully centuries later.
