Original Post: 18 Mar 2014

Introduction

When thinking about creating competitive environment, it should be advised to see romantic legends of old heroes and historical badassery in a realistic light. This might be possible through listening to the suggestions of experts whose everyday life contained inevitable armed affairs, and who wanted to invite threatening armed combat to a safe ground, to get rid of the harmful social factors and still keep practicing the noble exercise. This is a very different angle from the modern practitioner’s occasional desire to relive those threats through specifically designed fencing matches.

In order to separate the components of duel combat, to understand their relevance in evaluating fencing performance or the ways safety and different regulations alter the manifestation of fencing theory, it is a great help to include the experiences of contemporary authors in our judgements and preference.

The first part of Herczegh’s treatise discusses the legal and moral reality of dueling in the XIXth century, and might be a valuable addition to the background of fencing history.

Caricature in Bolond Istók, 1880. november 21. Source: Kolozsvári Egyetemi Könyvtár (University Library Kolozsvár)

THE GENESIS AND REDUCTION OF THE DUEL.

WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PEACE AND THE

UNIVERSITY PIECE FEDERATION (ORSZÁGOS BÉKE- EGYESÜLET and EGYETEMI BÉKESZÖVETSÉG).

WRITTEN BY

HERCZEGH MIHÁLY

UNIVERSITY LAW TEACHER IN BUDAPEST

Translated by Krisztina Nagy, Budapest, 2014.

BUDAPEST POLITZER ZSIGMOND AND SON 1903

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