The History of Duelling (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete EditionBy J. G. Millingen
Length21h 29m
About this audiobook
The History of Duelling (Vol. 1 & 2) is an expansive historical inquiry into the ritualized violence of honour, tracing its origins from ancient ordeals and judicial combat through chivalric Europe to the codified encounters of the modern gentleman. Millingen writes in a learned, anecdotal style, combining legal history, social criticism, and antiquarian narrative, situating duelling within broader debates about courage, class, masculinity, and the authority of law. J. G. Millingen was a physician, military surgeon, and prolific man of letters whose career brought him into contact with both the cultivated elite and the martial culture of nineteenth-century Europe. His medical knowledge of bodily injury, his experience of military life, and his cosmopolitan intellectual formation all inform the book's fascination with the paradox of "civilized" violence. He writes not merely as a collector of curiosities, but as a moral observer of a dangerous social institution. This work is recommended to readers interested in legal history, European manners, military culture, and the literature of honour. It remains valuable for its breadth, documentary richness, and acute understanding of how societies transform private insult into public ritual.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length21 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Memoirs of the Civil War Commanders (Annotated)
17CHAPTER XV.
2Volume 1
18CHAPTER XVI.
3CHAPTER I.
19CHAPTER XVII.
4CHAPTER II.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
5CHAPTER III.
21CHAPTER XIX.
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6CHAPTER IV.
22CHAPTER XX.
7CHAPTER V.
23CHAPTER XXI.
8CHAPTER VI.
24CHAPTER XXII.
9CHAPTER VII.
25Volume 2
10CHAPTER VIII.
26CHAPTER I DUELS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
11CHAPTER IX.
27CHAPTER II (pt. 1)
12CHAPTER X.
28CHAPTER II (pt. 2)
13CHAPTER XI.
29CHAPTER III DUELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, FROM 1820 TO 1841. (pt. 1)
14CHAPTER XII.
30CHAPTER III DUELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, FROM 1820 TO 1841. (pt. 2)
15CHAPTER XIII.
31CHAPTER III DUELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, FROM 1820 TO 1841. (pt. 3)
16CHAPTER XIV.
32Memorable Quotes
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