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The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875)Depiction of a judicial combat in the Dresden codex of the Sachsenspiegel (early to mid-14th century), illustrating the provision that the two combatants must "share the sun", i.e. align themselves perpendicular to the sun so that neither has an advantage.Minamoto no Yoshihira and Taira no Shigemori (Japan in 1159)Commemorative poster for the fourth centennial of the Disfida di Barletta, the Challenge of Barletta, fought on 13 February 1503 between 13 Italian and 13 French knights all shown wearing full plate armour.Dueling remained highly popular in European society, despite various attempts at banning the practice.German students of a Burschenschaft fighting a sabre duel, around 1900, painting by Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925)An anti-dueling sermon written by an acquaintance of Alexander Hamilton.A 1902 illustration after painting Ein Ehrenhandel by Joseph Munsch (Austrian, 1832–1896)[31] showing Alexander Hamilton fighting his fatal duel with Vice President Aaron Burr, July 1804Pistol dueling as an associate event at the 1908 London Olympic GamesThe fictional pistol duel between Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky. Watercolour by Ilya Repin (1899)Depiction of the pistol duel of Alexander Pushkin vs. Georges d'Anthès, January 1837, an 1869 painting by Adrian VolkovWild Bill Hickok's duel with Davis Tutt became the quintessential quick draw duel in US history.An Act for the punishing and preventing of Duelling (1728), Massachusetts Bay ColonyDepiction of the duel of Miyamoto Musashi vs. Sasaki Kojirō

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