Comments on: Duelling law http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52 A weblog on early modern culture, teaching English literature, and what else comes to mind Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:54:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: {clausmoser|com} » Duell in Amsterdam http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-230 {clausmoser|com} » Duell in Amsterdam Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:57:54 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-230 [...] (Nebenbei: Erst Anfang dieses Jahres haben Duelle in den Niederlanden ihren rechtlichen Sonderstatus eingebüßt. Die letzten, die es zur Anwendung gebracht haben wollten, waren 1997 die Anwälte einiger Fußball-Hooligans, vergeblich allerdings. Würde mich nicht wundern, wenn man bis dahin schlicht vergessen hatte, dass dieses Gesetz noch irgendwo herumlag.) abgelegt in Kunst Trackback URL | RSS-Feed für Kommentare del.icio.us-Bookmark | Links auf diesen Text [...] [...] (Nebenbei: Erst Anfang dieses Jahres haben Duelle in den Niederlanden ihren rechtlichen Sonderstatus eingebüßt. Die letzten, die es zur Anwendung gebracht haben wollten, waren 1997 die Anwälte einiger Fußball-Hooligans, vergeblich allerdings. Würde mich nicht wundern, wenn man bis dahin schlicht vergessen hatte, dass dieses Gesetz noch irgendwo herumlag.) abgelegt in Kunst Trackback URL | RSS-Feed für Kommentare del.icio.us-Bookmark | Links auf diesen Text [...]

]]> By: peacay http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-165 peacay Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:35:29 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-165 'inky salvoes' I am <i>so</i> going to use that in conversations! ‘inky salvoes’

I am so going to use that in conversations!

]]> By: Kristine http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-147 Kristine Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:42:54 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-147 An update on duelling in early modern Holland -- I found the following tidbit in Kiernan's <i>The Duel in European History</i>: <blockquote>Holland [...] emerged from its war of independence from Spain the most middle-class country of Europe. Not until 1618 was talk heard of a duel, an outlandish borrowing from France. It was a moment of political crisis, pamphlet warfare raged, and inky salvoes between two controversialists led to a challenge. Maurice of Nassau, son and successor as stadtholder William the Silent, intervened to stop things from going further. (p. 89)</blockquote> The most middle-class country in Europe, well well... But there is a logical connection there, I think, between the lack of a strong aristocracy and the lack of a duelling practice. An update on duelling in early modern Holland — I found the following tidbit in Kiernan’s The Duel in European History:
Holland [...] emerged from its war of independence from Spain the most middle-class country of Europe. Not until 1618 was talk heard of a duel, an outlandish borrowing from France. It was a moment of political crisis, pamphlet warfare raged, and inky salvoes between two controversialists led to a challenge. Maurice of Nassau, son and successor as stadtholder William the Silent, intervened to stop things from going further. (p. 89)

The most middle-class country in Europe, well well… But there is a logical connection there, I think, between the lack of a strong aristocracy and the lack of a duelling practice.

]]> By: kristine http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-139 kristine Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:17:37 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-139 Why thanks. I am sorry that I don't have any information about duelling and the law in the early modern period in the Low Countries -- there must have been proclamations like King James', or cases like Francis Bacon's in the Star Chamber. If I find the time, I'll try to find out (perhaps Markku Peltonen says something on the Netherlands as well?). Or perhaps anyone reading this knows more about this? A quick search in the catalogues did turn up a work by one Boris Rousseeuw entitled <i>Eeuwig Edict over het Duel</i> - <i>Eternal edict on the duel</i> from 1667. Why thanks. I am sorry that I don’t have any information about duelling and the law in the early modern period in the Low Countries — there must have been proclamations like King James’, or cases like Francis Bacon’s in the Star Chamber. If I find the time, I’ll try to find out (perhaps Markku Peltonen says something on the Netherlands as well?). Or perhaps anyone reading this knows more about this?

A quick search in the catalogues did turn up a work by one Boris Rousseeuw entitled Eeuwig Edict over het Duel - Eternal edict on the duel from 1667.

]]> By: Sharon http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-137 Sharon Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:33:09 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/31/52#comment-137 I love this. Priceless. I love this. Priceless.

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