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The state needs not have a monopoly on violence. Dueling was outlawed in France in 1626, and early modern France was certainly a state. The dueling laws only be
by labster 5y ago
The state needs not have a monopoly on violence. Dueling was outlawed in France in 1626, and early modern France was certainly a state. The dueling laws only became necessary because our mores on violence changed.
- thegrimmest 5y agoEarly modern France was a monarchy, not a democracy and liberté, égalité, fraternité had yet to be uttered there.