"Most Bizarre Duels in History" Topic
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Tango01  | 05 Mar 2025 4:48 p.m. PST |
"When you think about it, it doesn't make a lot of sense referring to some duels as bizarre duels because all duels are by nature bizarre. True, the duel had its roots in the trials by combat of the Middle Ages and trials by ordeal of the Nordic and Germanic sagas preceding them. But participants in such trials believed in providence; that God would determine the outcome of the battle. In the post-Enlightenment years, during which most of this list's duels are set, such beliefs had long since started to evaporate, and combatants were quite arbitrarily putting their lives on the line to preserve some loosely defined ideas of honor…"
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| Shagnasty | 07 Mar 2025 9:27 a.m. PST |
Two of these were the inspiration for cinematic duels. The two Napoleonic officers' long affair inspired Ridley Scott's "The Duelists" and there was a balloon duel in the '60s movie "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines." I never knew there were historical precedents for them. |
| Tango01 | 07 Mar 2025 4:02 p.m. PST |
Thanks my good friend… Armand |
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