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What one duel can tell us about Jacobean England
What one duel can tell us about Jacobean England
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56 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2022
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Lloyd Bowen shares the story of one remarkable 1601 duel with Elinor Evans. He reveals what the wealth of evidence around a single dispute can tell us about the codes of honour that governed elite violence in early modern England. (Ad) Lloyd Bowen is the author Anatomy of a Duel in Jacobean England: Gentry Honour, Violence and the Law (Boydell & Brewer, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones:https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fanatomy-of-a-duel-in-jacobean-england%2Flloyd-bowen%2F9781783276097 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Apr 1, 2022
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