Author: Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme (seigneur de)
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Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Author: Pierre De Bourdeille Brantome
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498143455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1904 Edition.

Author: Frederick Robertson Bryson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Author: George Herbert Powell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017404227
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Frederick Robertson 1878-1962 Bryson
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014613455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: George Herbert Powell
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
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Author: Stephen Banks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747812683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 57

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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.

Author: Pierre De Bourdeille Brantome
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230311432
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...for such purposes than a long one) left him there for dead, though he survived an hour or two, saying some confidant had betrayed him. This little affair despatched, the Baron succeeded in getting off the premises so adroitly that no one had a notion or more than a conjecture who the murderer was. So quietly was the whole affair managed that it was never brought home to him; and he never even avowed it in so many words to his intimate friend--our author! Such was the end of M. Du Gua, a brave and THE DUEL "AT HOME" 119 generous gentleman, the chronicle of whose deeds is written in our little Book of Colonels in France from the first institution of that office.1 Such was his end, killed in the middle of his company of guards, among all his own officers and soldiers, and hardly fifty paces out of sight of a monarch who was particularly devoted to him--without any one knowing anything of it--a thing which was indeed a nine days' wonder at Court. " In conclusion," the Baron in question did deserve his reputation as the most remorseless of sleuth-hounds in the matter of private vengeance. Whether (in addition to the above ghastly tale) he was also responsible for the murder of the young Montraveau, brother of M. Clermont d'Amboise, it was really difficult to say in the absence of better evidence; especially as it happened somewhere in the woods or warrens of Nantouillet, and the two families (presumably of Nantouillet and Montraveau) had not been on very good terms for some time past. On such a matter there was no certainty, but Brantome knew for a fact that there were two other men he meant to kill, who may have heard, without regret, of his decease. Some of his enemies (possibly these two among them) never did approve his particular " way of...

Author: Hank Reinhardt
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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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).

Author: Brantome Pierre de Bourdeille
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243830541
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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