HIST 3130 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Symbolic, Robert Throckmorton, Newgate Prison
22 Mar 2018
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The code of honor and its critics: the opposition to dueling by andrew donna continue later: dueling is characterized as militating against all social, all moral, all religious duty. We think about it as a romantic practice while it is actually a major threat to public peace and sanctity of religion. In this case, the guilt or innocence of an accused person was determined by the outcome of the trial. Had to be carried out in a secretive and private manner. There has been royal proclamation against the practice and some clerical condemnation, still strived through the 17th century. Dual between lord mohun and the duke of hamilton that focused public opinion towards the value of the duel. It was the ferocity and ill-regulated nature of this duel that caused parliament to suppress the practice. Focus on the false interpretation of honor upon which the practice was based on.
