Talk:Code duello

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Is the term "pugilism" really necessary here? I might be ignorant, but to me it is not synonymous with boxing; it is a sport involving padded sticks, a la American Gladiators or the military bayonet training. ThePedanticPrick 19:44, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] During the Renaissance?

Cheaters would be shot, usually out of hand.

Personal pistols didn't come into wide use in Europe until the Renaissance ended. The flintlock mechanism didn't even exist until the mid-1600s. I think this statement was just thrown in to stroke someone's ego. Someone who didn't bother to wonder if their claim was grossly anachronistic. --75.58.66.29 06:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)