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The Duel: A history of duelling by Robert Baldrick; Banks, Stephen. A Polite Exchange of Bullets; The Duel and the English Gentleman, 1750–1850, (Woodbridge: Boydell 2010) Banks, Stephen. "Very little law in the case: Contests of Honour and the Subversion of the English Criminal Courts, 1780–1845" (2008) 19(3) King's Law Journal 575–594.
The duel : a history of duelling (London: Chapman & Hall, 1965), worldwide online; Banks, Stephen. Duels and Duelling (2012), European context online; Coleman, J. Winston. "The Code Duello in Antebellum Kentucky," in A Kentucky Sampler: Essays from The Filson Club History Quarterly 1926–1976 (2014): 118+ ISBN 978-0-8131-5258-5 online
Frédéric Constant Cournet, French revolutionary. Killed by Frenchman, Emmanuel Barthélemy in the last duel in the United Kingdom – 1852; David C. Broderick, U.S. Senator from California – 1859 [43] Lucius M. Walker, Confederate Civil War general – 1863 [44] Ferdinand Lassalle, German socialist leader – 1864 [45]
The Duel: A History, Robert Baldick (1965, 1996) Dueling With the Sword and Pistol: 400 Years of One-on-One Combat, Paul Kirchner (2004) Duel, James Landale (2005). ISBN 1-84195-647-3. The story of the last fatal duel in Scotland; Ritualized Violence Russian Style: The Duel in Russian Culture and Literature, Irina Reyfman (1999).
Duel of Peresvet with Chelubei, painting by Viktor Vasnetsov (1914) [6] Sometimes however, such single combat would merely initiate a battle rather than prevent it. The most famous example of this was the duel between Russian monk Alexander Peresvet and the Golden Horde champion Chelubey or Temir-Murza at the beginning of the Battle of Kulikovo in
Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century. The most notable shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
According to Fandom, Fudd appeared as Bugs’ villain in 37 out of the 168 classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, and the tandem became one of the most famous rivalries in American cinema history .
The landmark and duel site is located at 1100 Lake Merced Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, 94015. [9] California later passed laws against dueling, with enhanced punishment if the duel resulted in death. [10] On November 25, 1998, the pistols that were used in the duel were sold at auction in San Francisco for $34,500. [2]