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of the upper classes. On occasion, duels with swords or pistols were fought between women.

Legislation against dueling dates back to the medieval period. The Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215) outlawed duels and civil legislation in the Holy Roman Empire against dueling was passed in the wake of the Thirty Years' War.From the early 17th century, duels became

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