Оттуда же: According to Ariel Roth, during the reign of Henry IV, over 4,000 French aristocrats were killed in duels "in an eighteen-year period" whilst a twenty-year period of Louis XIII's reign saw some eight thousand pardons for "murders associated with duels". Roth also notes that thousands of men in the Southern United States "died protecting what they believed to be their honour." Ну и Юг просуществовал не одно десятилетие. Так что может, цифры во Франции и позаметнее, чем в Англии, но не ужас-ужас. :)
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According to Ariel Roth, during the reign of Henry IV, over 4,000 French aristocrats were killed in duels "in an eighteen-year period" whilst a twenty-year period of Louis XIII's reign saw some eight thousand pardons for "murders associated with duels". Roth also notes that thousands of men in the Southern United States "died protecting what they believed to be their honour."
Ну и Юг просуществовал не одно десятилетие.
Так что может, цифры во Франции и позаметнее, чем в Англии, но не ужас-ужас. :)