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The Purpose of Dueling

and the Bureaucratic Hell that Replaced it

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Kulak
Dec 11, 2023
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The Duel After the Masquerade
The Duel After the Masquerade by Jean-Léon Gérôme 1857

Dueling was primarily "used" to settle matters of Sexual Impropriety and regulate gossip (professional and personal). It certainly worked better than HR.

Part of the norm was that it was just expected men who did not duel (peasants, ect.) could be beaten, socially exil…

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