Author: James P. GilchristPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A brief display of the origin and history of ordeals, trials by battle, courts of chivalry or honour, and the decision of private quarrels by single combat
Author: James P. GilchristPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dueling
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A brief display of the origin and history of Ordeals; Trials by Battle; Courts of Chivalry or Honour; and the Decision of Private Quarrels by Single Combat: Also a chronological Register of the Principal Duels fought from his late Majesty to the present time
Author: James P. GILCHRIST (Officer in the Army?.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A Brief Display of the Origin and History of Ordeals
Author: James P. GilchristPublisher:
ISBN: 9781019531884
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Brief Display of the Origin and History of Ordeals is a fascinating account of the various methods used throughout history to settle disputes between individuals and groups. From dueling to trial by combat, from courts of chivalry to the ordeal of boiling water, Gilchrist explores the many strange and brutal practices that have been employed to determine guilt or innocence. The book also includes a chronological register of some of the most famous duels fought in Europe and America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Polite Exchange of Bullets
Author: Stephen BanksPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843835711
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time.
British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, and Ecclesiastical Record
Author: The British Critic
Author: A Protestant Purgatory
Author: Laurie ThronessPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351961993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study that challenges the assumptions of modern criminal justice scholarship, Laurie Throness answers many questions like these by exposing the deep theological roots of the judicial institutions of eighteenth-century Britain. The book offers a scholarly account of the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779, combining meticulous attention to detail with a sweeping theological overview of the century prior to the Act. But it is not just an intellectual history. It tells a fascinating story of a broader religious movement, and the people and beliefs that motivated them to create a new institution. The work is original because it relies so completely on original sources. It is mystical because it mingles heavenly with earthly justice. It is authoritative because of its explanatory power. Its anecdotes and insights, poetry and song, provide intriguing glimpses into another era strangely familiar to our own. Of special interest to social and legal historians, criminologists, and theologians, this work will also appeal to a wider audience of those who are interested in Christianity's impact on Western culture and institutions.
Strawberry Hill. Catalogue of a Singularly Choice Collection of Rare and Valuable Books, in the Various Departments of Literature; Comprising Early English Poetry & Plays; British and Foreign History and Biography; Black Letter and Privately Printed Books; ... Principally from the Collection of Horace Walpole. ... Offered at the Prices Affixed to Each Article
Author: William StrongCatalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn
Author: Lincoln's Inn (London, England). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogues
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
Author: Erin L. ThompsonPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393867684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A leading expert on the past, present, and future of public monuments in America. An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up and which should come down? Who should make these decisions, and how? Erin L. Thompson, the country’s leading expert in the tangled aesthetic, legal, political, and social issues involved in such battles, brings much-needed clarity in Smashing Statues. She lays bare the turbulent history of American monuments and its abundant ironies, from the enslaved man who helped make the statue of Freedom that tops the United States Capitol, to the fervent Klansman fired from sculpting the world’s largest Confederate monument—who went on to carve Mount Rushmore. And she explores the surprising motivations behind contemporary flashpoints, including the toppling of a statue of Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol, the question of who should be represented on the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park, and the decision by a museum of African American culture to display a Confederate monument removed from a public park. Written with great verve and informed by a keen sense of American history, Smashing Statues gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental questions for rebuilding not only our public landscape but our nation as a whole: Whose voices must be heard, and whose pain must remain private?