The History of Duelling. Vol. 2 (of 2) — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
The History of Duelling. Vol. 2 (of 2)
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THE
HISTORY OF DUELLING:
INCLUDING,
NARRATIVES
OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS
THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY
J. G. MILLINGEN, M.D. F.R.S.
AUTHOR OF “CURIOSITIES OF MEDICAL EXPERIENCE,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1841.
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LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.
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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
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CHAPTER I.
DUELS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Personal Combats introduced into England Page
by the followers of William the 1
Conqueror.—Modification of the
barbarous practice of Trial by
Battle.—The Law of England with regard
to Duels.—Legal Opinions on the
subject by the greatest Authorities
Case of Morgan.—Case of Richard 5
Taverner.—Early Challenges.—Combats
prevented by Regal and Judicial
Interference.—Challenge of the Duke of
Brunswick by the Duke of Lancaster—and
of the Duke of Norfolk by the Duke of
Hereford
Meeting between the Earl of Salisbury 6
and the Bishop of Salisbury, for the
right of the Castle of Old
Sarum.—Desuetude of the Trial by
Battle.—Instance of, in the reign of
Elizabeth,—and in the Court of
Chivalry in 1631.—Case of Thornton and
Ashford, in 1818.—The barbarous and
superstitious practice abolished