
#254 | En Garde! A History Of Duelling
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The History of Duelling
One of the men who took part in this duel was a man n called gaston de fere. He beat another french politician, a man named reni rebiere, in a duel in 19 67. And if you don't believe me, there's even a video of the two men duelling on ucheb. This might have been the last known duel in europe. But the history of duelling is long, sometime bloody and varied people fought for very different reasons during different periods. Of course, people fighting each other is as old as time. Going back to homer, livy and even the bible,. There is the concept of champion warfare, where two opposing armies would
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