Arguments about the place and practice of the duel in early modern England were widespread. The distinguished intellectual historian Markku Peltonen examines th

This book offers an analysis of Jacobean duelling and gentry honour culture through the close examination and contextualisation of the most fully documented due

Arguments about the practice of the duel in early modern England were widespread. Markku Peltonen, the distinguished intellectual historian, examines the debate

Listen to the podcast here. This cross-disciplinary collection of essays examines – for the first time and in detail – the variegated notions of democracy p

An exploration of the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal prosecution in England, 1550-1750.