Civilized Murder: Why Men In The 17th Century Would Duel To The Death

In the Georgian period, a worrying trend emerged. Evolving from medieval practices like trial by combat, men would settle their disagreements by dueling to the death. Often these disagreements were relatively low stakes, but were still settled with swords or pistols.
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[@aroguishtype6903]

Hey! It's a very young Jonathan Ferguson the keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armouries museum in the UK!

[@adamadams6740]

I love the stuff he does on RUclips.very cool to see him in this also!

[@stuartday1330]

Alcohol is a strange drug. There is a slim line I found while skateboarding when drunk that I did have great reflexes and no fear. But if I drank even a bit over that my reflex would suffer and I my mind would be dizzy.

[@adamadams6740]

That old school Simunition firing pistol set was cool. I didn’t realize they had anything like that back in the day.

[@gmicg]

Could the rules of a duel be amended before the fight by the two contenders?

[@davidmooten6646]

i see rather the elite in duels than in manipulating the politics to start wars and have whole populations suffer....

[@mysticdeva]

I could listen to anything with that narrators voice!

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[@acedavis1242]

I believe it's Sean Bean

[@terrenceinthehand3122]

Yea Sean Bean for sure.

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Boromir lol

[@jaybobdoodles]

Fantastic reporting!

[@vinny4411]

Truth

[@steveo1413]

Being it back.

[@Kweso_1988]

The title should be "IN THE 18TH CENTURY...

[@leslietarkin5705]

Dame Honour is a fickle woman that often requires a blood sacrifice from her suiters.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

Not one combatant has ever been murdered by their opponent in a mutual combat situation.

[@vikkisghost]

Tell that to Alexander Hamilton

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@vikkisghost Who was Alexander Hamilton's murderer?

[@vikkisghost]

@@John.Flower.Productions arron burr

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@vikkisghost Alexander Hamilton was not murdered.

[@vikkisghost]

@@John.Flower.Productions literally from Google "Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded and arron burr would be wanted for murder"

[@EricRush]

13:25 Sparks are generated to ignite powder in the pan by the flint striking the frizzen and pushing it up to expose primer powder. If you open the frizzen with your thumb, as you show here, the flint will not strike the frizzen. Scenes later in the video clearly show firing a flintlock. Frizzen is down, closed, protecting the primer powder. The hammer and flint strike the frizzen, raise it, and shower sparks into the pan.

[@jongilchrist7229]

Georgian era was 18th century.

[@baronknowlton8473]

George IV (1820 - 1830) but I thought the same.

[@Mac3622]

1714 (start of George I's reign ) to 1837 (start of Victoria's reign))

[@KidMetairie]

No mention of western US duelists.