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Show Early Duels Dnels DnelsDurmg DuelsDuring DuelsDuring During Durmg the last century In many manycountrIes manycountries manycountries countrIes , a man who killed kJlled another anotherin in a duel due ] was tried tor for murder and andthere andthere andthere there " > were rere 'v v ' ere several executJons executions executJonsAmong executionsAmong executionsAmong Among the eaily eally early Germans the con con- contrary contrary . - trary practice prevailed It If the theman theman theman man vanquished vanqUlohed : in m a duel survlved survived survlvedhis survivedhis survivedhis , his wounds , , he W wasa wasahanged was ls < . hangedl hanged ! As Asearly Asearly Asearly early as 501 , the German King Kmg Gun Gun- Gundebald Gun-debald Gun debald - . debald decreed the duel as a proper propermethod propermethod I Imethod method of settling settIJng disputes , , and andwhen andwhen when a bishop remonstrated , , he hepomted hepointed hepointed , pomted pointed out that the duel had Jts its JtsI Jtsreligious itsreligious tsreligious I religious connotations because God Godwould Godwould Godwould would be on the side of the rIght in rightin thf thp thr rnntrxit C'ontpct Contpct 'nnirst nnirst ' ' ; . . . rIghtI I |