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- Title
DUELLING IN THE HABSBURG HEREDITARY LANDS, 1600-1750: BETWEEN LAW AND PRACTICE.
- Authors
GRAHORNIK, Matjaž
- Abstract
The article focuses on duelling in the Habsburg hereditary lands, with an emphasis on Styria. It presents around fifteen cases of duels that have been fought or provoked, from 1643 to 1750. In the Habsburg hereditary lands and in the Holy Roman Empire in general, duelling flourished during and after the Thirty Years' War, and thrived between 1660 and 1730. Anti-duelling decrees prescribed fines and sometimes imprisonment, and the death penalty in homicide cases. Duels continued despite strict bans (also) because sanctions were generally not enforced, and if the 'criminal' was brought to court, he was almost always pardoned by the Emperor. In practice, the death penalty for duellists was an extraordinary event, since even trials were exceptional, including cases when duels resulted in deaths.
- Subjects
STYRIA (Austria); HOLY Roman Empire; LEGAL procedure; THIRTY Years' War, 1618-1648; CAPITAL punishment; COURTS-martial &; courts of inquiry; ROMAN Empire, 30 B.C.-A.D. 476
- Publication
Acta Histriae, 2023, Vol 31, Issue 4, p707
- ISSN
1318-0185
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19233/AH.2023.32