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 ...

Readers will be surprised if they see the title of James Hogg’s “The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner” and expect a straightforward account of religious belief: It’s ...

By 1804, dueling had become an American fixture. And for another thirty years or more, its popularity would continue to grow. Like many early American customs, dueling was imported. Starting in ...