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Since turning down a duel is considered dishonorable and cowardice in the Middle Age, what's stopped an usurper or a foreign king from ordering his goons (discreetly of course) to pretend to be offended by a king and challenge him to a duel over and over until he eventually get killed?

by /u/SacredSacrifice in /r/AskHistorians

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