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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.
Legislation against dueling goes back to the medieval period. The Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215) outlawed duels,[3] and civil legislation in the Holy Roman Empire against dueling was passed in the wake of the Thirty Years' War.[4] From the early 17th century, duels became illegal in the countries where they were practiced. Dueling largely fell out of favour in England by the mid-19th century and in Continental Europe by the turn of the 20th century. Dueling declined in the Eastern United States in the 19th century and by the time the American Civil War broke out, dueling had begun to wane even in the South.[5] Public opinion, not legislation, caused the change.[5] Research has linked the decline of dueling to increases in state capacity.[6]
The most notorious American duel was the Burr–Hamilton duel, in which notable Federalist and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded by his political rival, the sitting Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
- “Duel! Defenders of honor or shoot-on-sight vigilantes? Even in 19th-century America, it was hard to tell.” Ross Drake (March 2004) Smithsonianmag,com < link >