Men of Honour

A Social and Cultural History of the Duel

Ute Frevert (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

1995
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-1197-6 (ISBN)

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* A wide--ranging and engagingly written social history of the duel* Presents a new argument: that the duel didna t die out in the 19th century as was previously thought, but continued until the 1st World War and beyond* A topic of potential media interest; it should be widely reviewed. .

Ute Frevert is a German historian. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary Germany, with an interest in social and gender history. She currently serves as the executive director of the Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

Introduction. 1. Between the brawl and the duel of honour: the early modern era.

2. The Enlightenment, public opinion and state policy on duelling.

3. The honour of officers.

4. 'Scholastic' honour and academic duelling.

5. Freedom, equality, masculinity.

6. The demise of duelling: the twentieth century.

Appendices.

Sources and Bibliography.

Notes.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.10.1995
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	100 x 250 mm
Gewicht	652 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7456-1197-4 / 0745611974
ISBN-13	978-0-7456-1197-6 / 9780745611976
Zustand	Neuware