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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Code duello
A code duello is a set of rules for a one-on-one combat, or duel.
Code duellos regulate "fair fights" and thus help prevent vendettas between families and other social factions.
Those objecting to the Code Duello included such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Queen Victoria and the Pope.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/co/Code_duello   (1973 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Code duello
A code duello is a set of rules for a one-on-one combat, or duel.
Duelling with firearms grew in popularity in the 18th century, especially with the adoption of the Irish Code Duello, "adopted at the Clonmel Summer Assizes in 1777 for the government of duellists by the gentlemen of Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon, and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland." This proved especially popular in America.
Those objecting to the Code Duello included such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Queen Victoria (in whose day and realm the duel was already nearly extinct) and more than one Pope.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Code-duello   (1038 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Duelling with firearms grew in popularity in the 18th century, especially with the adoption of the Irish Code Duello, "adopted at the Clonmel Summer Assizes in 1777 for the government of duellists by the gentlemen of Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon, and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland." This proved especially popular in America.
A custom had grown before the Irish code of deloping, discharging one's firearm in the air (usually to one side) when two friends had quarrelled and one (or both) wished to end the duel without harming his friend or appearing cowardly.
Those objecting to the Code Duello included such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Queen Victoria (in whose day and realm the duel was already nearly extinct) and more than one Pope.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Code_duello   (1236 words)

  
 The American Experience | The Duel | The Code Duello: Rules of Dueling
The Code Duello, covering the practice of dueling and points of honor, was drawn up and settled at Clonmel Summer Assizes, 1777, by gentlemen-delegates of Tipperary, Galway, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon, and prescribed for general adoption throughout Ireland.
The Code was generally also followed in England and on the Continent with some slight variations.
The Irish Code Duello was followed to the letter by most gentlemen duelists of the Emerald Isle, but was often altered to suit the notions of contestants in England, Europe, and America.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/rulesofdueling.html   (1321 words)

  
 Kentucky: Secretary of State - Kentucky and the Code Duello
In some instances dueling and the Code Duello sounds as romantic as a moonlit, magnolia scented Southern night.
The Code explains in detail how an offense may be answered in an affair of honor.
The etiquette of the Code often belied the end result of a duel—death or wounding of one or both of the participants.
sos.ky.gov /land/journal/articles/bryant/article2.htm   (1685 words)

  
 Code duello -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
A code duello is a set of rules for a one-on-one combat, or (Any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)) duel.
The 1410 (Click link for more info and facts about Flos Duellatorum) Flos Duellatorum is the earliest example of an actual code duello in Europe.
A custom had grown before the Irish code of (Click link for more info and facts about deloping) deloping, discharging one's firearm in the air (usually to one side) when two friends had quarrelled and one (or both) wished to end the duel without harming his friend or appearing cowardly.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/code_duello.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Dueling in America (Duels and Dueling on the Web)
Code of Honor, by John Lyde Wilson, Governor of South Carolina (1838), the definitive Antebellum Southern guide to dueling.
An amusing novel, lampooning the code duello and the people who lived by it; it rises to the level of Twain, but is not consistent.
The image version contains a number of funny drawings, such as the scene of one man horsewhipping another man while another examines the code duello (which approves of horsewhipping social inferiors, although the situation in the novel is somewhat different).
www.isidore-of-seville.com /dueling/2.html   (1428 words)

  
 Code Duello@Everything2.com
The Irish Code Duello was drawn up by gentlemen delegates at the Clonmel Summer Assizes in 1777, and recommended for use generally in Ireland.
England and the rest of Europe also followed this code with some variation, as did America.
This code could still be useful today for parents and teachers -- just arm the kids with paintguns and let them go at it.
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1051227   (1146 words)

  
 Naruto Naruto
molto solo ed emarginato dagli abitanti di Konoha, un piccolo villaggio ninja, perchè in lui è imprigionato lo spirito di una creatura malvagia e potentissima, la mitica volpe a nove code, Kyuubi, che aveva causato morte e distruzione al villaggio della foglia, nel periodo in cui Naruto era ancora un neonato.
Il terzo hokage lotta contro Orochimaru dando vita ad un duello senza eguali e molto spettacolare, visto anche il livello di combattimento di chi si scontra, i quali utilizzano tecniche davvero spettacolari e fuori dal comune.
D’ora in poi i nostri ninja si troveranno sempre in difficoltà crescenti ed incontreranno sempre nemici più forti di loro e non sempre alla loro portata, ma grazie ai duri allenamenti ai quali si sottoporranno, riusciranno il più delle volte a sopraffare il nemico, con nuove tecniche e con una grande forza d’animo.
www.primavisioneweb.it /naruto/naruto.htm   (808 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "code duello": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Much as he despised the code duello, he did not care.
There, in accord with the customs of the code duello, they exchanged pistol shots at ten paces.
C H A P T E R The Code Duello From the earliest days of Bluegrass settlement, homicide was a relatively common occurrence.
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 related to older fencing/ dueling and code duello - Fencing.Net Discussion
related to older fencing/ dueling and code duello
does anyone know where i can find a complete list of the code duello and other historical fencing information?
I do not believe the Code Duello was every actually codified.
www.fencing.net /forums/thread9263-prev-thread.html   (361 words)

  
 Code Duello: Hamilton & Burr... Being an Improvised Colonial Comedy
Code Duello: Hamilton and Burr dares to solve the mystery that biographers cannot!
Verily, Code Duello is an epic tale of:
Code Duello is an improvised long-form play that tours and plays in myriad festivals, cities, and venues.
www.codeduelloimprov.com   (217 words)

  
 INTERVIEW AT WEEHAWKEN the 200th Anniversary of the Burr-Hamilton Duel, July 11, 1804
Claiming the tournament jousting tradition of medieval knights as its origin, the CODE DUELLO was still an important feature in the concept of a gentleman in the early 1800s.
The duel was a more satisfying course for defending one's honor than a court of law, and was the ingrained code by which a gentleman lived.
Both Hamilton and Burr had challenged others before their own confrontation.
www.nysha.org /library/exhibits/burrhamilton/burrhamiltonsite/codeduelo.htm   (196 words)

  
 Internet Book List :: Book Information: Code Duello
Internet Book List :: Book Information: Code Duello
But Firenze with its CODE DUELLO was to prove a match for the lot of them!
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