Duelling Code

Hergsell, Gustav, 1847-1914Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.2

Word count: 400K words
Chapters: 40

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Duell-Codex by Gustav HergsellAuthor: Hergsell, Gustav, 1847-1914,Language: German, Class: K: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence, Release Date: Mar 26, 2017

Editor's review

Duell-Codex is a compilation of dueling codes written in German by Gustav Hergsell, a late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century researcher of fencing and affairs of honor. The book belongs to the literature of law and custom, gathering dueling procedures, courts of honor, and related norms, and reflecting the historical landscape of modern European honor culture and its legal boundaries. For readers studying the history of dueling, military honor systems, modern criminal law, and customary law, it is a rare primary text of rules; for general readers it is more like a historical archive through which to observe how "honor" was proceduralized and ritualized. It should be read as historical source material rather than a guide to conduct, with attention to the original German and its period context; annotations or background in legal history will make for a better reading. The electronic edition comes from Project Gutenberg and is convenient for searching and citation, making it suitable as supplementary material for specialized research.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Historians studying the history of dueling and honor culture in modern Europe
Specialist students of customary law, military justice, and legal history
Researchers who need the original German rules text as a citable source
History enthusiasts interested in the etiquette and procedural details of dueling

Not a good fit for

General leisure readers expecting popular storytelling or fiction-style narrative
Readers without German reading ability and without access to a translation
Practitioners seeking guidance for modern legal practice

Reading tips

Begin with the table of contents and glossary to grasp the basic framework of dueling procedure before turning to the articles.
Read alongside research on nineteenth-century European legal history or honor systems.
When encountering archaic German expressions, take excerpts and check them together rather than struggling word by word.
When citing it as a historical source, note the edition source and original page numbers.

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FAQ

Is this book a novel or a compilation of rules?

It is a compilatory document of dueling rules and customs, belonging to legal and customary-law materials rather than a novel or narrative work. It should be read as a historical rules text, with attention to the conceptions of honor and procedural arrangements behind the articles.

Can I read this book without knowing German?

The original is in German, and direct reading requires some German. Without German, you can learn about its content through paraphrases and secondary literature in legal-history research, or use it alongside professional translations and annotations; it is not advisable to rely on machine translation for article-by-article understanding.

Is the electronic edition suitable for academic citation?

The Project Gutenberg edition is convenient for searching and access and can serve as a supplementary reading and preliminary citation source. For formal academic writing, verify the original edition information and, where necessary, check against the paper copy or an authoritative facsimile to ensure the accuracy of page numbers and text.

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Hergsell, Gustav, 1847-1914 Author

Gustav Hergsell (1847–1914) is a figure whose life is now difficult to trace, and publicly available information about him is quite limited: neither his nationality nor any reliable scholarly introduction in Chinese can be confirmed. All that can presently be established is that he left behind a work entitled Duell-Codex, a book centered on the historical European phenomenon of the duel and dealing with its rules, procedures, and related conventions. It may be described as a text combining compiled material with normative explanation. Judging by its subject, Hergsell's writing leans toward the institutional and practical side, and its presentation tends to be orderly and itemized, aiming to give readers a consultable basis of rules rather than lyrical or argumentative prose. Works of this kind are of reference value for later study of dueling culture, notions of honor, and related laws and customs in modern Europe. Because the sources are scattered, further verification of the details of his life and scholarly background is still needed.