{"id":19718,"date":"2013-03-31T02:12:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T02:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T03:07:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T03:07:26","slug":"ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19718 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/attachment\/19719\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/attachment\/19723\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto4_500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto4_500-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto4_500-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/attachment\/19724\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto8_r1_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto8_r1_500-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tumblr_lpqyviAR1X1qegasto8_r1_500-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com\/post\/8772671130\">ornamentedbeing<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Topless dueling?<\/p>\n<p>I know it\u2019s a long text but it\u2019s worth the read!<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>The most intriguing duel fought between women, and the sole one that featured exposed breasts, took place in August 1892 in Verduz, the capitol of Liechtenstein, between Princess Pauline Metternich and the Countess Kielmannsegg. It has gone down in history as the first \u201cemancipated duel\u201d because all parties involved, including the principals and their\u00a0<span class=\"popupTerm\">seconds<\/span>\u00a0were female\u2026 Before the proceedings began, the baroness pointed out that many insignificant injuries in duels often became septic due to strips of clothing being driven into the wound by the point of a sword. To counter this danger she prudently suggested that both parties should fight stripped of any garments above the waist. Certainly, Baroness Lubinska was ahead of her time, taking an even more radical take on the (at the time) widely dismissed theories of British surgeon Joseph Lister, who in 1870 revolutionized surgical procedures with the introduction of antiseptic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With the precautions Baroness Lubinska recommended, the topless women\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woa.tv\/articles\/hi_duelists.html\">duelists<\/a>\u00a0were less likely to suffer from an infection; indeed, it was a smart idea to fight semiclad. Given the practicality of the baroness\u2019 suggestion and the \u201cemancipated\u201d nature of the duel, it was agreed that the women would disrobe\u2014after all, there would be no men present to ogle them. For the women, the decision to unbutton the tops of their dresses was not sexual; it was simply a way of preventing a duel of first blood from becoming a duel to the death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is humorous that most recounts of this historic event fail to mention two important things: the winner of the duel (Princess Metternich) and the reason why the women came to arms in the first place\u2014<em>they disagreed over the floral arrangements for an upcoming musical exhibition.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>^ best part of the entire article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ornamentedbeing: Topless dueling? I know it\u2019s a long text but it\u2019s worth the read! \u201cThe most intriguing duel fought between women, and the sole one that featured exposed breasts, took place in August 1892 in Verduz, the capitol of Liechtenstein, between Princess Pauline Metternich and the Countess Kielmannsegg. It has gone down in history as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/03\/31\/ornamentedbeing-topless-dueling-i-know-its-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19725,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19718\/revisions\/19725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}