Civilized Murder: Why Men In The 17th Century Would Duel To The Death

In the Georgian period, a worrying trend emerged. Evolving from medieval practices like trial by combat, men would settle their disagreements by dueling to the death. Often these disagreements were relatively low stakes, but were still settled with swords or pistols.

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